Graphium kirbyi
| Graphium kirbyi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. kirbyi |
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| Graphium kirbyi (Hewitson, 1872)[1] | |
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Graphium kirbyi, the Kirby's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and from the coast of Tanzania, inland to Morogoro.[2] The habitat consists of coastal forests.
Adults of both sexes visit flowers and males are known to mud-puddle. Adults are on wing from September to November.
The larvae feed on Annona senegalensis and Uvaria species.
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- ↑ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ 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
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