Graphium polistratus

Graphium polistratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. polistratus
Binomial name
Graphium polistratus
(Grose-Smith, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Graphium (Arisbe) polistratus
  • Papilio sisenna Mabille, 1890
  • Papilio richelmanni Weymer, 1892

Graphium polistratus, the Dancing Swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the coast of Kenya, Tanzania, northern Malawi and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of warm and coastal forests.

Adult males mud-puddle. Both sexes feed from flowers. Adults are probably on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis and Uvaria species.

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