''Graphium ucalegonides'' 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 ...

(swallowtails). It is found in

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, the Republic of the Congo, northern

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, the

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and

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Description

''ucalegonides'' Stgr. has the median band more or less yellowish, beneath on the hindwing indistinctly defined and not sharply prominent; the discal spots of the forewing are very inconstant, so that sometimes one, sometimes the other is small or absent, the band being interrupted. In the central and southern districts of the Congo region. f ''phrynon'' Druce, 1895Forewing red-brown, a cream-coloured, broken spot near to the apex larger than in '' Graphium ucalegon''-, a streak in the cell along the hindmargin and a long, angular spot in cellule 3, which almost reaches the margin, cream-coloured; a cream-coloured spot at the middle of the hindmargin in cellule 1 a and a large similar spot in lb; hindwing gold-brown with broad cream-coloured median band; hindwing beneath lighter than above, with black veins and dark red-brown basal area, but without light median band. This form (unknown to me) is perhaps only an aberration of ''ucalegonides'' in which the discal spots 2, 4 and 5 of the forewing are entirely wanting. — Upper Congo. 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 ucalegonides'' 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 ''Graphium abri'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Central African Republic. and is known from just two individuals both lacking post discal markings. Taxonomy ''Graphium abri'' belongs to a species group with 16 mem ...

'' 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 ''Graphium agamedes'', the Westwood's white lady, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

'' (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 ''Graphium auriger'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Senegal, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Taxonomy ''Graphium au ...

'' (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 ''Graphium fulleri'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad. Description The broad black mar ...

'' (Grose-Smith, 1883) *''

Graphium hachei ''Graphium hachei'', the elegant lady, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. Subspecies *''Graphium hachei h ...

'' (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 ''Graphium olbrechtsi'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Subspecies *''Graphium olbrechtsi olbrechtsi'' (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kabinda, Lomami, Lualaba) *' ...

'' Berger, 1950 *''

Graphium poggianus ''Graphium poggianus'' is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in northern Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia. Description Larger han related species the length of the forew ...

'' (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) It is treated as a full species by some authors, but is also treated as a subspecies of ''Graphium fulleri'' (Grose-Smith, 1883) by Smith & Vane-Wright (2001).

References

*Smith C. R. & Vane-Wright R.I. 2001. A review of the Afrotropical species of the genus ''Graphium'' (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Papilionidae). ''Bulletin of the Natural History Museum'' (Entomology Series) 70(2): 503-719. ucalegonides Butterflies of Africa Butterflies described in 1884 Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Papilionidae-stub

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