Graphium poggianus

Graphium poggianus
Figure 10 Honrath's image of the type
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. poggianus
Binomial name
Graphium poggianus
(Honrath, 1884)[1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio poggianus Honrath, 1884
  • Graphium (Arisbe) poggianus

Graphium poggianus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in northern Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[3]

Description

Larger [than related species], the length of the forewing about 48 mm., the markings whitish; forewing without submarginal spots; in the cell, opposite to cellule 3, a large transverse spot which reaches the front margin of the cell and is united with three long discal spots in cellules 2-—4; the discal spot in cellule 2 is very long, almost reaching the margin, but narrow, so that it only covers the anterior part of the cellule; the discal spots in 1 a and 1 b consequently form a free hindmarginal spot, which almost reaches the margin, but is rather far removed from the base; the discal spots in 6 and 8 arranged almost exactly as in the other species; the transverse band of the hindwing broad, almost reaching the base and the apex of the cell; the broad dark submarginal band in each of cellules 2—-5 with two long whitish, somewhat irregular streaks. — Angola. [4]

Taxonomy

Graphium poggianus belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar. It is given as a form of Graphium almansor by Berger.[5] [6] The species group members are:

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

References

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  1. ^ Honrath, E. G. 1884. Neue Rhopalocera. Berliner Entomologiche Zeitschrift 28: 203-212.
  2. ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  4. ^ 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.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Berger, L.A. (1950). Catalogues raisonnées de la faune entomologique du Congo Belge. Lépidoptéres-Rhopalocéres, I, Fam. Papilionidae. Annales du Musée Royale du Congo Belge Ser 4to (C: Zool.) 8: 1-104.
  6. ^ Berger, L.A. (1974). Notes sur quelques Papilionidae du Musée Royal de I’Afrique Centrale. Lambillionea 72-73: 69-76.


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