Graphium cyrnus

Graphium cyrnus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

Graphium cyrnus
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. cyrnus
Binomial name
Graphium cyrnus (Boisduval, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio cyrnus Boisduval, 1836 Graphium (Arisbe) cyrnus Papilio cyrnus nuscyrus Suffert, 1904 Graphium cyrnus f. similis Storace, 1953 Graphium cyrnus f. adiecta Storace, 1953

The top of the wings consist of black with many greenish-yellow dots, with the underside being roughly the same but instead of black, it is a reddish-brown.^[2]

It is found on Madagascar.^[3] The habitat consists of subhumid forests.

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  Mating pair

Taxonomy

It is a member of the leonidas-group of closely species (Graphium leonidas, Graphium levassori, Graphium cyrnus).