Graphium illyris
Graphium illyris, the cream-banded swordtail, is a forest butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It is native to the Afrotropical realm.
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Status and biology
It is an uncommon to rare species and is seasonal in West Africa (with adults on wing mainly in February and March). Males mud-puddle, and are attracted to rotten fish as well as perspiration on humans.[2]
Subspecies
- G. i. illyris (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, C.Ghana)
- G. i. flavisparsus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Equatorial Guinea)
- G. i. girardeaui (Guilbot & Plantrou, 1978) (Central African Republic)
- G. i. hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Congo Republic, Tanzania)
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References
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- Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
Sources
- Guilbot, R. and Plantrou, J. (1978). Note sur Graphium illyris (Hewitson) et revision systematique de I'espece. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 83: 68–73.
- Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2001 A review of the Afrotropical species of the genus Graphium (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Papilionidae) Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Ent. Ser. 70 (2): 503-719
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