Graphium gudenusi
Plate accompanying the original description, male, 1 upperside, 2 underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. gudenusi
Binomial name
Graphium gudenusi
(Rebel, 1911) [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio gudenusi Rebel, 1911
  • Graphium (Arisbe) gudenusi
  • Papilio babaulti Le Cerf, 1931

Graphium gudenusi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda.[3] Its habitat consists of forests. It is a generally scarce species. Males fly along the banks of forest streams and rivers, occasionally mudpuddling.

Taxonomy

Graphium gudenusi is a member of the antheus - clade Graphium antheus, Graphium colonna, Graphium evombar , Graphium kirbyi, Graphium junodi, Graphium polistratus, Graphium illyris, Graphium gudenusi).

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.Images at gbif

See also

References

  1. ^ Rebel, H. 1911. Neue Tagfalter aus Zentral afrika (Expedition Grauer). Annalen des (K.K.) Naturhistorischen Museums. Wien. 24: 409-414.pdf
  2. ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini