Graphium simoni

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| genus = Graphium (butterfly)

| species = simoni

| authority = (Aurivillius, 1899) Aurivillius , [P.O.]C. 1899. Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die Tagfalter des aethiopischen Faunengebietes: eine Systematische-Geographische Studie. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 31 (5): 1-561.[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 ucalegon var. simoni Aurivillius, 1899
  • Graphium (Arisbe) simoni

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Graphium simoni is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini]

Description

In simoni Auriv. the median band is almost pure white, beneath on the hindwing sharply defined at both sides; the spot in the cell of the forewing is large, triangular and its apex often reaches the front margin of the cell, forming a transverse band much narrowed anteriorly. In the northern part of the Congo region. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.{{PD-notice}}

Taxonomy

Graphium simoni belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar.simoni may be a form of Graphium ucalegon.

The species group members are:

Images

[https://virtualcol.africamuseum.be/providence/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/7614 External images] from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

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