Graphium liponesco

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| image = DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschriftIris 1904Page107.jpg

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| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = liponesco

| authority = (Suffert, 1904)).Suffert, E. 1904. Neue afrikanisches Tagfalter aus dem Kon. Zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 17: 12-107.

[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 policenes liponesco Suffert, 1904
• Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco
• Papilio boolae Strand, 1909

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Graphium liponesco, the long-tailed striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini] Its habitat consists of wet and moist forests in good condition. It is very similar to Graphium policenoides and Graphium policenes Larsen, T.B., 1994 Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892), and Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904) three closely related taxa (Lepidoptera; Papilionidae) Lambillionea. Juin; 942: 148-156 (Tome I)