Graphium latreillianus theorini Insect Tropical Butterfly Papilionid Swallowtail

Description

Sex : M

Origin : RCA

one wing lenght cm 4.3-4.8 Insect Tropical Butterfly Papilionid Swallowtail.
Common name: the coppery swordtail.
Syn: Papilio latreillianus, Papilio potamonianus, Papilio aurivillianus, Graphium tynderaeus theorini.

Graphium latreillianus (Godart, 1819) is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Uganda and Tanzania. Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Males mud-puddle and are also attracted to urine-soaked sand, human perspiration and camp rubbish tips.
Subspecies:
Graphium latreillianus latreillianus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
Graphium latreillianus theorini (Aurivillius, 1881) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, western Uganda, Tanzania)