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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Graphium

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Papilionidae

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Vári & Kroon (2002).

Graphium angolanus (Angola white lady)

 

Graphium antheus (Large striped swordtail)

 

Graphium colonna (Mamba swordtail, Black swordtail)

 

Graphium junodi

 

 

Graphium leonidas (Veined swordtail)

 

Graphium morania (White lady)

 

Graphium policenes (Small striped swordtail)

 

Graphium polistratus

 

 

Graphium porthaon (Cream striped swordtail)

 

 

Graphium schaffgotschi

 

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.