Graphium schaffgotschi
Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia. Its habitat consists of savanna.
Adults are on wing year round.
Images
from Royal Museum of Central Africa.Taxonomy
Graphium schaffgotschi belongs to a clade with six members. All have similar genitaliaThe clade members are:
- Graphium angolanus
- Graphium endochus
- Graphium morania
- Graphium taboranus
- Graphium schaffgotschi
- Graphium ridleyanus