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Graphium philonoe (Swallowtail)

Wikipedia Abstract

Graphium philonoe, the eastern white-lady swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. Its habitat consists of coastal and riparian forests. Males may infrequently mud-puddle. Both sexes are attracted to flowers, including Maerua species. The larvae feed on Uvaria leptocladon, Uvaria chamae and Annona species.
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Prey / Diet

Uvaria chamae (finger root)[1]
Uvaria leptocladon[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0