Graphium liponesco

Graphium liponesco, the long-tailed striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.^[3] Its habitat consists of wet and moist forests in good condition. It is very similar to Graphium policenoides and Graphium policenes ^[4]

Graphium liponesco
original description
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. liponesco
Binomial name
Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904)).[1] [2]
Synonyms
Papilio policenes liponesco Suffert, 1904 Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco Papilio boolae Strand, 1909

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.)