Graphium auriger

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. auriger
Binomial name
*Graphium auriger* (Butler, 1876)^[1]^[2]
Synonyms
Papilio auriger Butler, 1876 Graphium (Arisbe) auriger Papilio harpagon Grose-Smith, 1890

Graphium auriger is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Senegal, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

Taxonomy

Graphium auriger belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar The species group members are:

Graphium abri Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001
Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
Graphium almansor (Honrath, 1884)
Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876)
Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896)
Graphium fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883)
Graphium hachei (Dewitz, 1881)
Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964
Graphium olbrechtsi Berger, 1950
Graphium poggianus (Honrath, 1884)
Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950
Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913)
Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899),
Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)[
Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)

References

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^ Butler, A.G. 1876. Descriptions of three new species of Papilio from the collection of Mr. Herbert Druce. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 13: 56-57.
^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini

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