veined swordtail (Graphium leonidas) Plate IX
B, C: "(Papilio) Similis" ( = Graphium leonidas, see Funet)
Date 1779
Source "De uitlandsche kapellen: voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America = Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique"
Author Pieter Cramer (1721 - 1776) and Caspar Stoll (between 1725 and 1730 - 1791)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graphium_leonidas1.JPG
Graphium leonidas, the veined swordtail, veined swallowtail or common graphium, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The wingspan is 75–80 mm in males and 75–85 mm in females. Has continuous broods, peaking from October to April.
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Graphium
Species: Graphium leonidas (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms:
Papilio leonidas Fabricius, 1793
Papilio similis Cramer, 1775
Papilio brasidas Felder & Felder, 1864
Papilio leonidas ab. interniplaga Aurivillius, 1899
Papilio onidale Suffert, 1904
Papilio similis umanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
Papilio leonidas leonidas f. plagifera Le Cerf, 1924
Papilio leonidas brasidas f. melusina Le Cerf, 1924
Papilio leonidas f. petiveranoides Bryk, 1928
Papilio (Cosmodesmus) leonidas leonidas ab. obliterata Dufrane, 1946
Papilio (Cosmodesmus) leonidas leonidas ab. subobliterata Dufrane, 1946
Papilio (Cosmodesmus) leonidas leonidas ab. vreuricki Dufrane, 1946
Papilio (Cosmodesmus) leonidas leonidas ab. mathieui Dufrane, 1946
Graphium leonidas leonidas ab. vrydaghi Berger, 1950
Graphium leonidas leonidas ab. leucosina Berger, 1950
Graphium leonidas leonidas ab. djema Berger, 1950
Graphium leonidas ab. cyrnoides Storace, 1953
Papilio leonidas var. pelopidas Oberthür, 1879
Graphium leonidas zanzibaricus Kielland, 1990
Papilio leonidas santa-marthae Joicey & Talbot, 1927
Papilio leonidas thomasius Le Cerf, 1924