Graphium colonna

Black Swordtail or Mamba Swordtail External images
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. colonna
Binomial name
*Graphium colonna* (Ward, 1873)
Subspecies
G. p. porthaon (Hewitson, 1865) G. p. tanganyikae Kielland, 1978 G. p. mackiei Collins & Larsen, 1991
Synonyms
Papilio colonna (Ward, 1873) Papilio tragicus Butler, 1876 Papilio colonna loncona Suffert, 1904

The Black Swordtail or Mamba Swordtail (Graphium colonna) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, found in Africa.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. Species has continuous broods during warmer months, October to April.^[2]

The larva feed on Artabotrys, Uvaria, and Annona spp.^[1]^[2]

References

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1 2 Graphium, funet.fi
1 2 3 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 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

External links

Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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