Graphium angolanus angolanus - Angola white-lady swordtail

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Graphium angolanus
Graphium angolanus

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Halfway House (left) and Kutsaga Tobacco Research, Harare (right).

Species details:

Note: Flies throughout the warmer months
Distribution: In wooded areas of Eswatini, northern S Africa, northern Botswana, northern Namibia and most of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
AnnonaceaeAnnona senegalensis subsp. senegalensis (Food plant)
MalpighiaceaeSphedamnocarpus pruriens var. pruriens (Food plant)
Literature:

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Graphium angolanus angolanus.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400190, retrieved 14 November 2024

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