''Graphium poggianus'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

in the family

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful 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 the larges ...

. It is found in northern

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, the southern part of the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

and north-western

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...

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Description

Larger han related species the length of the forewing about 48 mm., the markings whitish; fore wing without submarginal spots; in the cell, opposite to cellule 3, a large transverse spot which reaches the front margin of the cell and is united with three long discal spots in cellules 2-—4; the discal spot in cellule 2 is very long, almost reaching the margin, but narrow, so that it only covers the anterior part of the cellule; the discal spots in 1 a and 1 b consequently form a free hindmarginal spot, which almost reaches the margin, but is rather far removed from the base; the discal spots in 6 and 8 arranged almost exactly as in the other species; the transverse band of the hindwing broad, almost reaching the base and the apex of the cell; the broad dark submarginal band in each of cellules 2—-5 with two long whitish, somewhat irregular streaks. — Angola. Aurivillius, .O.. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'' Band 13: Abt. 2, ''Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter'', 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.

Taxonomy

''Graphium poggianus'' belongs to a

species group In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

with 16 members. All are very similar The species group members are: *'' Graphium abri'' Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001 *''

Graphium adamastor ''Graphium adamastor'', the Boisduval's white lady, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of t ...

'' (Boisduval, 1836) *'' Graphium agamedes'' (Westwood, 1842) *''

Graphium almansor ''Graphium almansor'', the Almansor white-lady swordtail or Honrath's white lady, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Guinea, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Cent ...

'' (Honrath, 1884) *'' Graphium auriger'' (Butler, 1876) *''

Graphium aurivilliusi ''Graphium aurivilliusi'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is only known from the type series of males. Description The broad black marginal band of th ...

'' (Seeldrayers, 1896) *'' Graphium fulleri '' (Grose-Smith, 1883) *'' Graphium hachei'' (Dewitz, 1881) *''

Graphium kigoma ''Graphium kigoma'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Tanzania, from the western part of the country to the Kigoma District. The habitat consists of forests (including riparian forests) and heavy woodland. ...

'' Carcasson, 1964 *'' Graphium olbrechtsi'' Berger, 1950 *''Graphium poggianus'' (Honrath, 1884) *''

Graphium rileyi ''Graphium rileyi'', the Riley's graphium or blotched lady , is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Ivory Coast and central Ghana. Its habitat consists of semi-deciduous and upland forests. Taxonomy ''Graphium ...

'' Berger, 1950 *'' Graphium schubotzi'' (Schultze, 1913) *''

Graphium simoni ''Graphium simoni'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. Description In ''simoni'' A ...

'' (Aurivillius, 1899), *''

Graphium ucalegon ''Graphium ucalegon'', the creamy graphium, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Re ...

'' (Hewitson, 1865) /small> *''Graphium ucalegonides'' (Staudinger, 1884)

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