Graphium schaffgotschi
Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of savanna.
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Adults are on wing year round.
Taxonomy
It was regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities.[3]
References
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- Graphium schaffgotschi, Site of Markku Savela
- Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
- "List of Papilionidae". www.insects-online.de. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- Niepelt, W. (1927): Neue exotischer Rhopaloceren. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 21:49-53.
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