Graphium almansor

Graphium almansor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. almansor
Binomial name
Graphium almansor
(Honrath, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio almansor Honrath, 1884
  • Graphium (Arisbe) almansor
  • Graphium almansor almansor f. albescens Berger, 1950
  • Graphium almansor almansor f. depuncta Berger, 1950
  • Papilio charcedonius birbiri Ungemach, 1932
  • Papilio charchedonius Karsch, 1895
  • Papilio escherichi Gaede, 1915
  • Graphium almansor snowi Gabriel, 1945
  • Papilio uganda Lathy, 1906
  • Papilio graueri Grünberg, 1908

Graphium almansor, the Almansor White-lady Swordtail or Honrath’s White Lady, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Rwanda and Burundi.[2]

Adults of both sexes mimic Amauris species, including Amauris damocles and species of the Amauris echeria-group. Males are attracted to damp spots on river banks and both sexes feed from flowers.

The larvae feed on Pseudospondias microcarpa.

Subspecies

References

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