Graphium morania
| White lady | |
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| 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] | |
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Graphium morania, the white lady or small white-lady swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Southern Africa.[2]
The wingspan is 50–55 mm in males and 55–60 mm in females. Its fight period is year round, peaking in November and February.[3]
The larva feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys species, Hexalobus monopetalus, Artabotrys brachypetalus, Artabotrys monteiroae, and Annona senegalensis.[2][3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Graphium morania |
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
- 1 2 Graphium morania, funet.fi
- 1 2 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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