Graphium taboranus
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| image = Graphium taboranus.JPG
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| genus = Graphium (butterfly)
| species = taboranus
| authority = (Oberthür, 1886)Oberthür, C. 1886. [No title]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 6: 114-115.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html#taboranus Graphium taboranus], Site of Markku Savela
| synonyms =
- Papilio taboranus Oberthür, 1886
- Graphium (Arisbe) taboranus
- Papilio nivinox Butler, 1894
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Graphium taboranus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, and northern Zambia.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini] The habitat consists of woodland.
Description
Diagnostic.The markings of the upper surface snow-white; the discal band in cellule 2 of the forewing is smaller, not reaching the base of the cellule and is quite free; the white subdiscal spots of the hindwing above are almost in the middle of the marginal band. Nyassaland and German East Africa.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}}
[https://virtualcol.africamuseum.be/providence/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/7563 External images] from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
Biology
The larvae feed on Annona species.
Taxonomy
Graphium taboranus belongs to a clade with six members. All have similar genitalia
The clade members are:
- Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
- Graphium endochus (Boisduval, 1836)
- Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
- Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
- Graphium schaffgotschi (Niepelt, 1927)
- Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)
References
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- Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society [https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_101755_theswallowtailbutterfliesofeas1960 pdf] Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society).
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Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Butterflies described in 1886
Category:Taxa named by Charles Oberthür
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