Graphium biokoensis explained

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.^[1] Its habitat consists of forests.^{[2] [3]}

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.). biokoensis Gauthier, 1984 is now reinstatedas a subspecies of Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), localized to Bioko Island.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_leptocercini.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
2. 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
3. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/graphium/index.html Graphium
4. Bollino,M. and Bouyer, T., 2024-A new subspecies of Graphium bouyeri and notes on taxonomic status of Graphium biokoensis. 12. 1-6. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378177488_Bollino_M_and_Bouyer_T_2024-A_new_subspecies_of_Graphium_bouyeri_and_notes_on_taxonomic_status_of_Graphium_biokoensis/citation/download