Graphium gudenusi
Plate accompanying the original description, male, 1 upperside, 2 underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. gudenusi
Binomial name
Graphium gudenusi
(Rebel, 1911) [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio gudenusi Rebel, 1911
  • Graphium (Arisbe) gudenusi
  • Papilio babaulti Le Cerf, 1931

Graphium gudenusi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda.[3] Its habitat consists of forests. It is a generally scarce species. Males fly along the banks of forest streams and rivers, occasionally mudpuddling.

Taxonomy

Graphium gudenusi is a member of the antheus - clade Graphium antheus, Graphium colonna, Graphium evombar , Graphium kirbyi, Graphium junodi, Graphium polistratus, Graphium illyris, Graphium gudenusi).

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References

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  1. ↑ Rebel, H. 1911. Neue Tagfalter aus Zentral afrika (Expedition Grauer). Annalen des (K.K.) Naturhistorischen Museums. Wien. 24: 409-414.
  2. ↑ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  • Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society
  • Jackson,T. H. E. 1956 Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Kigezi District of Uganda with descriptions of new species and subspecies Journal of The East Africa Natural History Society Volume XXIII Figure Plate 1


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