Graphium ucalegon
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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| image = Graphium ucalegon seitz.JPG
| genus = Graphium (butterfly)
| species = ucalegon
| authority = (Hewitson, 1865) Hewitson, W.C. [1865] in Hewitson, W,C. [1862-6]. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 3: [3] ([124 pp.]. London. [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 Hewitson, 1865
- Graphium (Arisbe) ucalegon
- Papilio ucalegon legonuca Suffert, 1904
- Papilio ucalegon ab. superfluosa Strand, 1912
- Papilio ucalegon ab. addenda Strand, 1913
- Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni f. fontainei Berger, 1950
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Graphium ucalegon, the creamy graphium, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini] Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Adults are on wing mainly just before the beginning of the rain season. Adult males mud-puddle, but have also been observed feeding on rotten fish.
Subspecies
- Graphium ucalegon ucalegon (western Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, north-western Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Graphium ucalegon fonteinei Berger, 1981 Berger,L.A. 1981. Les Papillons du Zaire 51 (543 pp.). Bruxelles. (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sankuru, Kabinda, Lomami, Lualaba)
- Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni 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. (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
Taxonomy
Graphium ucalegon 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)
Images
[https://virtualcol.africamuseum.be/providence/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/7610 External images] from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
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 1865
Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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