Graphium schaffgotschi

Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.^[2] Its habitat consists of savanna.

Schaffgotsch's swordtail
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. schaffgotschi
Binomial name
Graphium schaffgotschi (Niepelt, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio schaffgotschi Niepelt, 1927 Graphium (Arisbe) schaffgotschi

Adults are on wing year round.

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Taxonomy

Graphium schaffgotschi 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)

It was regarded as conspecific with Graphium taboranus by some earlier authorities.^[3]