''Graphium gudenusi'' is a
butterfly in the family
Papilionidae. It is found in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
,
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
and
Uganda.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini]
/ref> Its habitat consists of forests.
It is a generally scarce species. Males fly along the banks of forest streams and
rivers, occasionally mudpuddling.
Taxonomy
''Graphium gudenusi'' is a member of the ''antheus'' - clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...
''Graphium antheus
''Graphium antheus'', the large or larger striped swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails), found in tropical and sub-Saharan Africa.[Graphium colonna
''Graphium colonna'', the black swordtail or mamba swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democrati ...]
'', '' Graphium evombar'' , '' Graphium kirbyi'', '' Graphium junodi'', ''Graphium polistratus
''Graphium polistratus'', the dancing swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the coast of Kenya, Tanzania, northern Malawi and Mozambique. Its habitat con ...
'', ''Graphium illyris
''Graphium illyris'', the cream-banded swordtail, is a forest butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It is native to the Afrotropical realm.
Description
The markings of the upper surface yellow; the median band curved slightly bas ...
'', ''Graphium gudenusi'').
See also
* Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Habitat in Uganda
References
*Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful Butterfly, butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes ...
of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). ''Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society'
pdf
Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society
*Jackson,T. H. E. 1956 Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Kigezi District of Uganda with descriptions of new species and subspecies ''Journal of The East Africa Natural History Society'' Volume XXII
Figure Plate 1
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Butterflies of Africa
Lepidoptera of Uganda
Butterflies described in 1911
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