Graphium rileyi

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| name = Riley's graphium

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| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = rileyi

| authority = Berger, 1950 Berger, L.A. 1950. Catologues Raisonnés de la Faune Entomologique du Congo Belge Lépidoptères-Rhopalocères 1. – Fam. Papilionidae. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge. C-Zoologie (3) 8 (1): 1-102.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html Graphium], Site of Markku Savela

| synonyms =

Graphium (Arisbe) rileyi
Graphium ucalegonides rileyi Berger, 1950
Graphium fulleri rileyi Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001

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Graphium rileyi, the Riley's graphium or blotched lady , is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Ivory Coast and central Ghana.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini] Its habitat consists of semi-deciduous and upland forests.

Taxonomy

Graphium rileyi 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)

rileyi may be a form of Graphium ucalegonides.Images at [https://virtualcol.africamuseum.be/providence/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/19735 Royal Africa Museum]

References

rileyi

Category:Butterflies described in 1950

Category:Butterflies of Africa