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The Coastal Swordtail, Cream-striped Swordtail or Swordtail Dark Swordtail (''Graphium porthaon'') is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, found in tropical western Africa.〔(''Graphium'' ), funet.fi〕〔 The wingspan is 55–60 mm in males and 60–65 mm in females. Species has continuous broods during warmer months.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larva feed on ''Artabotrys monteiroae'', ''Annona'', ''Uvaria'', ''Friesodielsia obovata'', ''Cleistochlamys kirkii'', ''Monodora junodii'', ''Monanthotaxis caffra'', ''Uvaria caffra'', and ''Uvaria kirkii''.〔〔 ==Subspecies== *''G. p. porthaon'' (Hewitson, 1865) (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland) *''G. p. tanganyikae'' Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania: Kigoma district) *''G. p. mackiei'' Collins & Larsen, 1991 (Kenya, Tanzania) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graphium porthaon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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