Graphium leonidas

Graphium leonidas
Veined Swordtail
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. leonidas
Binomial name
Graphium leonidas
(Angas, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Papilio morania

The Veined Swordtail, Veined Swallowtail, or Common Graphium (Graphium leonidas) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in Subsaharan Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 75–80 mm in males and 75–85 mm in females. Has continuous broods, peaking from October to April.[2]

The larva feed on Popowia caffra, Annona, Monanthotaxis, Uvaria, Monanthotaxis caffra, Annona senegalensis, Landolphia ugandensis, L. buchannani, Annickia chlorantha, Friesodielsia obovata, Uvaria, and Artabotrys spp.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Graphium, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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