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Graphium liponesco

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Species of butterfly

Graphium liponesco
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. liponesco
Binomial name
Graphium liponesco
(Suffert, 1904)).
Synonyms
  • Papilio policenes liponesco Suffert, 1904
  • Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco
  • Papilio boolae Strand, 1909

Graphium liponesco, the long-tailed striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria. Its habitat consists of wet and moist forests in good condition. It is very similar to Graphium policenoides and Graphium policenes

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.)

References

  1. Suffert, , E. 1904. Neue afrikanisches Tagfalter aus dem Kon. Zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 17: 12-107.
  2. Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  4. Larsen, T.B. , 1994 Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892), and Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904) three closely related taxa (Lepidoptera; Papilionidae) Lambillionea. Juin; 942: 148-156 (Tome I)

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Taxon identifiers
Graphium liponesco


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