Graphium illyris
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Graphium illyris is a forest butterfly of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae)
family, native to the Afrotropic ecozone .
Swallowtail butterfly
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies that form the family Papilionidae. There are over 550 species, and though the majority are tropical, members of the family are found on all continents except Antarctica...
family, native to the Afrotropic ecozone .
Subspecies
- G. i. illyris Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, C.Ghana
- G. i. flavisparsus (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Equatorial Guinea
- G. i. girardeaui (Guilbot & Plantrou, 1978) Central African Republic
- G. i. hamatus (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Congo Republic, Tanzania