Graphium auriger

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Graphium auriger.JPG

| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = auriger

| authority = (Butler, 1876)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.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html Graphium], Site of Markku Savela

| 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.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini]

Description

Wings above black with white median band, about 10 mm broad, interrupted in cellule 5 of the forewing, and without submarginal spots; hindwing beneath at the base deep black with an orange-yellow spot at the base of the costal margin - Gaboon.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.{{PD-notice}}

Taxonomy

Graphium auriger belongs to a species group with 16 members. Two G. olbrechtsi and G. odin (synonym of G. schubotzi) may be conspecific with auriger. All are very similar

The species group members are:

Images

[https://virtualcol.africamuseum.be/providence/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/7609 External images] from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

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auriger

Category:Butterflies described in 1876

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler

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