Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Graphium | |
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Similar Graphium almansor, Graphium illyris, Graphium hachei, Graphium latreillianus, Graphium taboranus | ||
Graphium adamastor, the Boisduval's white lady, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its habitat consists of dry forests and the transition zone between forests and the Guinea savanna.
Adult females mimic Amauris damocles. Both sexes feed from flowers, including Calodendrum splendens.
The larvae feed on various Annonaceae species.
References
Graphium adamastor Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA