Graphium hachei
Graphium hachei moebii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species:
G. hachei
Binomial name
Graphium hachei
(Dewitz, 1881)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio hachei Dewitz, 1881
  • Graphium (Arisbe) hachei
  • Papilio hachei-möbii camerunicus Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio moebii Suffert, 1904
  • Papilio (Cosmodesmus) martensi Dufrane, 1946

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.[3]

Subspecies

  • Graphium hachei hachei (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Graphium hachei moebii (Suffert, 1904)[4] (Cameroon, Congo, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic)

Description

Forewing black to blackish with a yellowish white half-band, which is very broad at the hindmargin, reaches vein 5 and is there connected with a large, similarly coloured spot in the apical half of the cell; this band completely covers the base of cellule 2 and only leaves the innermost part of cellule 1 b free; hindwing above from the base to considerably beyond the apex of the cell pure white with an unspotted black marginal band about 5 mm broad, which is narrowed towards the costal angle. — Congo region. Subspecies P. moebii Suff. (9 c) is very similar to the nominate and only differs essentially from it in that the white band of the forewing is somewhat narrower and leaves the base of cellule 2 free and that of the hindwing is only 12 mm broad and reaches neither the base nor the apex of the cell. — Congo region. [5]

Taxonomy

Graphium hachei belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar The species group members are:


References

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  1. ↑ Dewitz, , H. 1881. Zwei neue westafrikanische Papilionen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25: 286.
  2. ↑ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  4. ↑ Suffert, , E. 1904. Neue afrikanisches Tagfalter aus dem Kon. Zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 17: 12-107.
  5. ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 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.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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