Graphium illyris

Graphium illyris
Top view
Bottom view - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: G. illyris
Binomial name
Graphium illyris
(Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio illyris Hewitson, 1873
  • Papilio illyris f. stictica Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio (Cosmodesmus) illyris ab. addenda Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio illyris flavisparsus Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Papilio illyris hamatus Joicey & Talbot, 1918

Graphium illyris, the cream-banded swordtail, is a forest butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It is native to the Afrotropic ecozone.

Congo forest

Habitat

Tropical and subtropical ecoregions.

Status and biology

It is an uncommon to rare species and is seasonal in West Africa (with adults on wing mainly in February and March). Males mud-puddle, and are attracted to rotten fish as well as perspiration on humans.[2]

Subspecies

References

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