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Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)

- utuba (Hampson, 1819)
- nyassae (Butler, 1877)
- lurlinus (Butler, 1883)
- mercutius (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
- hollandi (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894)
- evombaroides (Eimer, 1899)
- scheffleri (Strand, 1909)
- rubrimacula (Strand, 1914)
- comma (Strand, 1914)
- combinata (Strand, 1914)
- hoesemanni (Strand, 1914)
- misanus (Strand, 1914)
- micrevombaroides (Strand, 1914)
- latepictulus (Strand, 1914)
- paradoxa (Dufrane, 1946)
- mathieui (Dufrane, 1946)
- atratheus (Basquin & Turlin, 1986)
- antharis (Godar, [1819])

Adult morphologyWingspan45
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)34
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)161
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
DRF:
Centered on the drier forests, including riverine and forest/savannah transition
DRF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWT:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa
WWT

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Annonaceae
    - Annona
    - Artabotrys
    - Uvaria
  • Apocynaceae
    - Landolphia

  • Annonaceae
    - Annona
    - Artabotrys
    - Uvaria
  • Apocynaceae
    - Landolphia

Records

1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011