Graphium auriger

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Graphium auriger is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Senegal, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Graphium auriger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. auriger
Binomial name
Graphium auriger
(Butler, 1876)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio auriger Butler, 1876
  • Graphium (Arisbe) auriger
  • Papilio harpagon Grose-Smith, 1890

Description

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Wings above black with white median band, about 10 mm broad, interrupted in cellule 5 of the forewing, and without submarginal spots; hindwing beneath at the base deep black with an orange-yellow spot at the base of the costal margin - Gaboon.[4]

Taxonomy

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Graphium auriger belongs to a species group with 16 members. Two G. olbrechtsi and G. odin (synonym of G. schubotzi) may be conspecific with auriger. All are very similar The species group members are:

Images

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External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

References

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  1. ^ Butler, A.G. 1876. Descriptions of three new species of Papilio from the collection of Mr. Herbert Druce. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 13: 56-57.
  2. ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  4. ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.