Graphium schubotzi

Graphium schubotzi is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3] Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.

Graphium schubotzi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. schubotzi
Binomial name
Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913) [1][2]
Synonyms
Papilio [odin] var. schubotzi Schultze, 1913 Graphium (Arisbe) schubotzi Papilio odin Strand, 1910 Graphium odin eyeni Berger, 1950

Subspecies

• Graphium schubotzi schubotzi (eastern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Graphium schubotzi maculata Libert, 2007 ^[4] (Cameroon)

Taxonomy

Graphium schubotzi belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar The species group members are:

• Graphium abri Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001
• Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
• Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
• Graphium almansor (Honrath, 1884)
• Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876)
• Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896)
• Graphium fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883)
• Graphium hachei (Dewitz, 1881)
• Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964
• Graphium olbrechtsi Berger, 1950
• Graphium poggianus (Honrath, 1884)
• Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950
• Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913)
• Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899),
• Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)[
• Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)

G. olbrechtsi and G. odin are regarded as conspecific with G. auriger by Hancock (1983) ^[5]

Images

• External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa. both eyeni and schubotzi as ssp. of auriger
• Royal Museum for Central Africa