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:

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]

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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}}