Graphium schubotzi
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = GraphiumOdin GroupP1020625.jpg
| genus = Graphium (butterfly)
| species = schubotzi
| authority = (Schultze, 1913) Schultze, A. 1913 Einige Mitteilungen uber Papilio agamedes Westw. und Verwandte, sowie Einfuhrung einer neuen Form aus dieser Gruppe. Entomologische Rundshau 30: 73-74.[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 [odin] var. schubotzi Schultze, 1913
- Graphium (Arisbe) schubotzi
- Papilio odin Strand, 1910
- Graphium odin eyeni Berger, 1950
}}
Graphium schubotzi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Cameroon, 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] Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
Subspecies
- Graphium schubotzi schubotzi (eastern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Graphium schubotzi maculata Libert, 2007 Libert, M. 2007b. Note on the genus Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) Lambillionea 107 (1): 19-29. (Cameroon)
Taxonomy
Graphium schubotzi 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)
G. olbrechtsi and G. odin are regarded as conspecific with G. auriger by Hancock (1983) Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic
approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.
Images
- [https://virtualcol.africamuseum.be/providence/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/7631 External images] from Royal Museum of Central Africa. both eyeni and schubotzi as ssp. of auriger
- [https://virtualcol.africamuseum.be/providence/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/19733 Royal Museum for Central Africa]
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |year=1985 |publisher=IUCN |location=Gland & Cambridge |isbn=978-2-88032-603-6 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
External links
- [http://en.butterflycorner.net/Graphium-schubotzi.1542.0.html Butterfly corner] Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003030618/http://www.globis.insects-online.de/species External images]
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Category:Butterflies described in 1913
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Arnold Schultze
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