Graphium latreillianus

Graphium latreillianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. latreillianus
Binomial name
Graphium latreillianus (Godart, 1819)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio latreillianus Godart, 1819 Graphium (Arisbe) latreillianus Papilio latreillanus var. theorini Aurivillius, 1881 Papilio potamonianus Ehrmann, 1909 Papilio latreillianus theorini ab. infrapicta Strand, 1914 Papilio aurivillianus Avinoff, 1926 Graphium tynderaeus theorini f. xerophila Berger, 1950 Papilio latreillanus theorini ab. lutea Birket-Smith, 1960

Graphium latreillianus, the Coppery Swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Males mud-puddle and are also attracted to urine-soaked sand, human pespiration and camp rubbish tips.

Subspecies

• Graphium latreillianus latreillianus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
• Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, western Uganda, Tanzania)

References

1. Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini

• 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