Graphium schaffgotschi

Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of savanna.

Schaffgotsch's swordtail
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G. schaffgotschi
Binomial name
Graphium schaffgotschi
(Niepelt, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio schaffgotschi Niepelt, 1927
  • Graphium (Arisbe) schaffgotschi

Adults are on wing year round.

Taxonomy

It was regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities.[3]

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References

  • Niepelt, W. (1927): Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 21:49-53.


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