• Source: Graphium schubotzi

Graphium schubotzi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.




Subspecies


Graphium schubotzi schubotzi (eastern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Graphium schubotzi maculata Libert, 2007 (Cameroon)




Taxonomy


Graphium schubotzi 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)
G. olbrechtsi and G. odin are regarded as conspecific with G. auriger by Hancock (1983)




Images


External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa. both eyeni and schubotzi as ssp. of auriger
Royal Museum for Central Africa




References



Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.




External links


Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
External images

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Graphium schubotzi
• Graphium abri
• Graphium adamastor
• Graphium simoni
• Graphium (butterfly)
• Graphium kigoma
• Graphium agamedes
• Graphium fulleri
• Graphium poggianus
• Graphium ucalegon