Graphium policenes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Graphium
- Species
- Graphium policenes
- Scientific Name
- Graphium policenes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Graphium policenes
Graphium policenes, the common swordtail or small striped swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in tropical Africa.
The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. The species has continuous broods during warmer months.
The larvae feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys monteiroae, Uvaria bukobensis, Uvara chamae, Landolphia buchannani, Landolphia ugandensis, Polyalthia species, Annona reticulata, Annona senegalensis, Annona squamosa, and Monanthotaxis caffra.
...Graphium policenes in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Ooskusswaardstert
- English
- Common Swordtail
- English
- Small Striped Swordtail
- Japanese
- コオナガコモンタイマイ
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Graphium abri
- Graphium adamastor
- Graphium agamedes
- Graphium almansor
- Graphium angolanus
- Graphium antheus
- Graphium auriger
- Graphium aurivilliusi
- Graphium biokoensis
- Graphium boolae
- Graphium colonna
- Graphium cyrnus
- Graphium endochus
- Graphium evombar
- Graphium fulleri
- Graphium gudenusi
- Graphium hachei
- Graphium illyris
- Graphium junodi
- Graphium kigoma
- Graphium kirbyi
- Graphium latreillianus
- Graphium leonidas
- Graphium levassori
- Graphium liponesco
- Graphium morania
- Graphium olbrechtsi
- Graphium philonoe
- Graphium poggianus
- Graphium policenes
- Graphium policenoides
- Graphium polistratus
- Graphium porthaon
- Graphium ridleyanus
- Graphium rileyi
- Graphium schaffgotschi
- Graphium schubotzi
- Graphium simoni
- Graphium taboranus
- Graphium tynderaeus
- Graphium ucalegon
- Graphium ucalegonides



























































































































































