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.Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
Subspecies Graphium schubotzi schubotzi (eastern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo) Graphium schubotzi maculata Libert, 2007 Libert, M. 2007b. Note on the genus Graphium Scopoli (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) Lambillionea 107 (1): 19-29. (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) Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.
Images External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa. both eyeni and schubotzi as ssp. of auriger Royal Museum for Central Africa
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External links Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien External images