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Graphium olbrechtsi

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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
Synonyms
  • Graphium (Arisbe) olbrechtsi

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

Subspecies

  • Graphium olbrechtsi olbrechtsi (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kabinda, Lomami, Lualaba)
  • Graphium olbrechtsi tongoni Berger, 1969 (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:

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

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

References

  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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