Graphium endochus

Graphium endochus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in northern and eastern Madagascar and Mozambique.^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Graphium endochus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. endochus
Binomial name
Graphium endochus (Boisduval, 1836)[1] [2]
Synonyms
Papilio endochus Boisduval, 1836 Graphium (Arisbe) endochus

Description

Diagnostic- Hindwing beneath with 4—5 free red subdiscal spots in 1 c—5. The white basal part of the upper surface of the wings is very large, almost reaches the apex of the cell on the forewing and extends beyond the cell on the hindwing; the black parts of the upperside are almost without spots with the exception of a small spot in cellule 7 of the hindwing. Madagascar. ^[4]

Taxonomy

Graphium endochus belongs to a clade with six members. All have similar genitalia The clade members are:

• Graphium angolanus (Goeze, 1779)
• Graphium endochus (Boisduval, 1836)
• Graphium morania (Angas, 1849)
• Graphium taboranus (Oberthür, 1886)
• Graphium schaffgotschi (Niepelt, 1927)
• Graphium ridleyanus (White, 1843)