Graphium cyrnus

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| image = Green lady (Graphium cyrnus).jpg

| image_caption = Dorsal view

| image2 = Green lady (Graphium cyrnus) underside.jpg

| image2_caption = Ventral view

| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = cyrnus

| authority = (Boisduval, 1836)[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 cyrnus Boisduval, 1836

  • Graphium (Arisbe) cyrnus
  • Papilio cyrnus nuscyrus Suffert, 1904
  • Graphium cyrnus f. similis Storace, 1953
  • Graphium cyrnus f. adiecta Storace, 1953

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Graphium cyrnus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

The top of the wings consist of black with many greenish-yellow dots, with the underside being roughly the same but instead of black, it is a reddish-brown.{{Cite web|url=https://en.butterflycorner.net/Graphium-cyrnus.1508.0.html|title=Butterfly Corner, Graphium Cyrnus|access-date=2018-08-23|archive-date=2018-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823174704/https://en.butterflycorner.net/Graphium-cyrnus.1508.0.html|url-status=dead}}

It is found on Madagascar.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini] The habitat consists of subhumid forests.

File:Red-veined Swallowtail (Graphium cyrnus), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (11633075016).jpg|Mating pair

Taxonomy

It is a member of the leonidas-group of closely species (Graphium leonidas, Graphium levassori, Graphium cyrnus).

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cyrnus

Category:Butterflies described in 1836

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval

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