Graphium biokoensis Gauthier 1984 articles

Graphium biokoensis

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Graphium biokoensis, the Gauthier's striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.^[2] Its habitat consists of forests. ^[3] ^[4] It closely resembles Graphium liponesco but is slightly larger and the light grey scales at base of space 2 are absent.^[5]

It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.)

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^ Gauthier, 1984 Neue Unterarten und neue Namen in den Gattungen Papilio, Graphium und Parnassius (Lep.: Papilionidae) Ent. Zs. 94 : 314-320
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
^ Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2001 A review of the Afrotropical species of the genus Graphium (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Papilionidae) Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Ent. Ser. 70 (2): 503-719
^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
^ Larsen, Torben B., 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books Stenstrup, Denmark {{ISBN<87-88757-43-9}}

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Graphium biokoensis, the Gauthier's striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi. Its habitat consists of forests. It closely resembles Graphium liponesco but is slightly larger and the light grey scales at base of space 2 are absent.