Graphium ucalegonides

Graphium ucalegonides is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad.[2]

Graphium ucalegonides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Graphium
Species:
G. ucalegonides
Binomial name
Graphium ucalegonides
Synonyms
  • Papilio ucalegonides Staudinger, 1884
  • Graphium (Arisbe) ucalegonides
  • Papilio phrynon Druce, 1895
  • Papilio (Cosmodesmus) ucalegonides ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946
  • Graphium ucalegonides ucalegonides f. addenda Berger, 1950

Taxonomy

It is treated as a full species by some authors, but is also treated as a subspecies of Graphium fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883) by Smith & Vane-Wright (2001).

References
  1. Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  • Smith C. R. & Vane-Wright R.I. 2001. A review of the Afrotropical species of the genus Graphium (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Papilionidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology Series) 70(2): 503-719.


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