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]
| Graphium biokoensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. biokoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Graphium biokoensis (Gauthier, 1984) [1]
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Taxonomy edit
It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.). biokoensis Gauthier, 1984 is now reinstated as a subspecies of Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), localized to Bioko Island. [5]
References edit
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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
- ^ Bollino,M. and Bouyer, T., 2024-A new subspecies of Graphium bouyeri and notes on taxonomic status of Graphium biokoensis. 12. 1-6. [1]
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