Graphium tynderaeus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Graphium |
| Species: | G. tynderaeus
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Graphium tynderaeus, the electric green swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania.[3] Its habitat consists of primary lowland forests.
Males may mud-puddle but are extremely wary if approached.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the tynderaeus -clade (Graphium tynderaeus, Graphium philonoe, Graphium latreillianus).
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Graphium tynderaeus.
Data related to Graphium tynderaeus at Wikispecies
- ^ Fabricius, , J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta 3 (1): 35 (488 pp.). Hafniae.
- ^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
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