Graphium liponesco, the long-tailed striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[3] Its habitat consists of wet and moist forests in good condition. It is very similar to Graphium policenoides and Graphium policenes [4]

Graphium liponesco
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. liponesco
Binomial name
Graphium liponesco
(Suffert, 1904)).[1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio policenes liponesco Suffert, 1904
  • Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco
  • Papilio boolae Strand, 1909

Taxonomy

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

References

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  1. ^ Suffert, , E. 1904. Neue afrikanisches Tagfalter aus dem Kon. Zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 17: 12-107.
  2. ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  4. ^ Larsen, T.B. , 1994 Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892), and Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904) three closely related taxa (Lepidoptera; Papilionidae) Lambillionea. Juin; 942: 148-156 (Tome I)
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