Graphium schaffgotschi explained

Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.^[1] Its habitat consists of savanna.

Adults are on wing year round.

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Taxonomy

Graphium schaffgotschi belongs to a clade with six members. All have similar genitaliaThe clade members are:

• Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
• Graphium endochus (Boisduval, 1836)
• Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
• Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
• Graphium schaffgotschi (Niepelt, 1927)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)

It was regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities.^[2]

References

• Niepelt, W. (1927): Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 21:49-53.

External links

• Images of Graphium schaffgotschi Royal Museum of Central Africa

Notes and References

1. http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
2. Web site: List of Papilionidae. www.insects-online.de. 2017-07-26. 2010-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20100909141739/http://www.insects-online.de/frames/papilio.htm. dead.