Graphium tynderaeus

Graphium tynderaeus
	Upperside
	Underside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. tynderaeus
Binomial name
	Graphium tynderaeus; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Papilio tynderaeus Fabricius, 1793; Graphium (Arisbe) tynderaeus; Papilio nausinous Godart, 1819; Papilio tynderaeus var. ochrea Capronnier, 1889; Papilio tynderaeus ab. fraudatus Gaede, 1916; Papilio tynderaeus ab. incompleta Dufrane, 1936; Graphium tynderaeus ab. confluens Berger, 1950;

Graphium tynderaeus, the electric green swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania.^[3]

Description

Hindwing tailless, with rounded margin, which is angled at the ends of the veins or merely undulate. Wings above black-brown with green spots. Hindwing beneath at the base with one or several separated black dots or spots and distinct black dots or spots in the apex of the cell and in the basal part of cellules 1 c—7. Forewing beneath not red at the base, with two submarginal spots in each cellule; the median band of the hindwing consists of a green spot in the cell and in 1 c, as well as a whitish spot in cellule 7; all the spots of the upper surface and also the discal spots of the under surface are vivid green, only becoming yellowish through discoloration (ab. ochrea Capr.); the palpi and the dots on frons and breast are red; the wings beneath with more or less purple sheen. — West African primeval forest region, from Sierra Leone to the Upper Congo. ^[4]

Biology

Its habitat consists of primary lowland forests.

Males may mud-puddle but are extremely wary if approached.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the tynderaeus -clade (Graphium tynderaeus, Graphium philonoe, Graphium latreillianus).

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

References

Data related to Graphium tynderaeus at Wikispecies

^ Fabricius, , J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta 3 (1): 35 (488 pp.). Hafniae.
^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
^ 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.

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[1] Fabricius, , J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta 3 (1): 35 (488 pp.). Hafniae.

[funet-2] Graphium, Site of Markku Savela

[ATBUT-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.

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