Graphium biokoensis

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = biokoensis

| authority = (Gauthier, 1984) Gauthier, 1984

Neue Unterarten und neue Namen in den Gattungen Papilio, Graphium und Parnassius (Lep.: Papilionidae) Ent. Zs. 94 : 314-320

| synonyms =

  • Papilio policenes biokoensis Gauthier, 1984
  • Graphium (Arisbe) biokoensis
  • Papilio nigrescens ab. intermedia Birket-Smith, 1960

}}

Graphium biokoensis, the Gauthier's striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini] Its habitat consists of forests.

Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2001 A review of the Afrotropical species of the genus Graphium (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Papilionidae) Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Ent. Ser. 70 (2): 503-719 [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html Graphium], Site of Markku Savela

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.). biokoensis Gauthier, 1984 is now reinstated

as a subspecies of Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), localized to Bioko Island.

Bollino,M. and Bouyer, T., 2024-A new subspecies of Graphium bouyeri and notes on taxonomic status of Graphium biokoensis. 12. 1-6. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378177488_Bollino_M_and_Bouyer_T_2024-A_new_subspecies_of_Graphium_bouyeri_and_notes_on_taxonomic_status_of_Graphium_biokoensis/citation/download]

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Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Butterflies described in 1984

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