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Similar Graphium hachei, Graphium latreillianus, Graphium almansor, Graphium tynderaeus, Graphium ridleyanus | ||
Graphium illyris, the cream-banded swordtail, is a forest butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It is native to the Afrotropic ecozone.
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Habitat
Tropical and subtropical ecoregions.
Status and biology
It is an uncommon to rare species and is seasonal in West Africa (with adults on wing mainly in February and March). Males mud-puddle, and are attracted to rotten fish as well as perspiration on humans.
Subspecies
References
Graphium illyris Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA