Graphium morania

White Lady
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. morania
Binomial name
Graphium morania
(Angas, 1849)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio morania Angas, 1849
  • Graphium morania f. vansoniana Storace, 1953
  • Graphium morania var. holoplaga Grei, 1986

The White Lady or Small White-lady Swordtail (Graphium morania) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, found in Southern Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 55–60 mm in females. Fight period is year-round, peaking in November and February.[3]

The larva feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys spp., Hexalobus monopetalus, Artabotrys brachypetalus, Artabotrys monteiroae, and Annona senegalensis.[2][3]

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium morania
  1. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  2. 1 2 Graphium morania, funet.fi
  3. 1 2 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.


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