Hindwing tailless, with rounded margin, which is angled at the ends of the veins or merely undulate. Wings above black-brown with green spots. Hindwing beneath at the base with one or several separated black dots or spots and distinct black dots or spots in the apex of the cell and in the basal part of cellules 1 c—7. Forewing beneath not red at the base, with two submarginal spots in each cellule; the median band of the hindwing consists of a green spot in the cell and in 1 c, as well as a whitish spot in cellule 7; all the spots of the upper surface and also the discal spots of the under surface are vivid green, only becoming yellowish through discoloration (ab. ochrea Capr.); the palpi and the dots on frons and breast are red; the wings beneath with more or less purple sheen. — West African primeval forest region, from Sierra Leone to the Upper Congo. [4]
^Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
^Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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graphium, tynderaeus, electric, green, swordtail, butterfly, family, papilionidae, found, guinea, sierra, leone, liberia, ivory, coast, ghana, nigeria, cameroon, equatorial, guinea, gabon, republic, congo, angola, central, african, republic, democratic, republ. Graphium tynderaeus the electric green swordtail is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae It is found in Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Ivory Coast Ghana Nigeria Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Gabon the Republic of the Congo Angola the Central African Republic the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania 3 Graphium tynderaeus Upperside Underside Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Papilionidae Genus Graphium Species G tynderaeus Binomial name Graphium tynderaeus Fabricius 1793 1 2 Synonyms Papilio tynderaeus Fabricius 1793 Graphium Arisbe tynderaeus Papilio nausinous Godart 1819 Papilio tynderaeus var ochrea Capronnier 1889 Papilio tynderaeus ab fraudatus Gaede 1916 Papilio tynderaeus ab incompleta Dufrane 1936 Graphium tynderaeus ab confluens Berger 1950 Contents 1 Description 2 Biology 3 Taxonomy 4 Images 5 ReferencesDescription editHindwing tailless with rounded margin which is angled at the ends of the veins or merely undulate Wings above black brown with green spots Hindwing beneath at the base with one or several separated black dots or spots and distinct black dots or spots in the apex of the cell and in the basal part of cellules 1 c 7 Forewing beneath not red at the base with two submarginal spots in each cellule the median band of the hindwing consists of a green spot in the cell and in 1 c as well as a whitish spot in cellule 7 all the spots of the upper surface and also the discal spots of the under surface are vivid green only becoming yellowish through discoloration ab ochrea Capr the palpi and the dots on frons and breast are red the wings beneath with more or less purple sheen West African primeval forest region from Sierra Leone to the Upper Congo 4 Biology editIts habitat consists of primary lowland forests Males may mud puddle but are extremely wary if approached Taxonomy editIt is a member of the tynderaeus clade Graphium tynderaeus Graphium philonoe Graphium latreillianus Images editExternal images from Royal Museum of Central Africa References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Graphium tynderaeus nbsp Data related to Graphium tynderaeus at Wikispecies Fabricius J C 1793 Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta 3 1 35 488 pp Hafniae Graphium Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies File C Papilionidae Tribe Leptocercini Aurivillius P O C 1908 1924 In Seitz A Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13 Abt 2 Die exotischen Grossschmetterlinge Die afrikanischen Tagfalter 1925 613 Seiten 80 Tafeln The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13 Alfred Kernen Verlag Stuttgart nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain nbsp This Papilionidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Graphium tynderaeus amp oldid 1213037558, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
