Graphium olbrechtsi

Species of butterfly

Graphium olbrechtsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. olbrechtsi
Binomial name
Graphium olbrechtsi
Berger, 1950[1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Graphium (Arisbe) olbrechtsi

Graphium olbrechtsi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Subspecies

  • Graphium olbrechtsi olbrechtsi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kabinda, Lomami, Lualaba)
  • Graphium olbrechtsi tongoni Berger, 1969[4] (Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Maniema)

Taxonomy

Graphium olbrechtsi belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar The species group members are:

  • Graphium abri Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001
  • Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
  • Graphium almansor (Honrath, 1884)
  • Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876)
  • Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896)
  • Graphium fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883)
  • Graphium hachei (Dewitz, 1881)
  • Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964
  • Graphium olbrechtsi Berger, 1950
  • Graphium poggianus (Honrath, 1884)
  • Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950
  • Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913)
  • Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899),
  • Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)[
  • Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)

G. olbrechtsi and G. odin (synonym of schubotzi) are regarded as conspecific with G. auriger by Hancock (1983) [5]

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Graphium olbrechtsi.
  1. ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Berger, Lucien A., Catalogues raisonnes de la faune entomologique du Congo Beige.Lepidopteres-Rhopaloceres. I.-Fam. Papilionida:" [in French). Ann. Mus. Congo Belge C. Zool. Serie III (II), voJ.8: pp.1-L04, 96 figs. 1950.
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  4. ^ Berger, L.A. 1969. Note sur Graphium olbrechtsi Bger. Lambillionea 67: 84-85.
  5. ^ Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.
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Taxon identifiers
Graphium olbrechtsi


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