Graphium xenocles

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Graphium xenocles
Graphium xenocles, underside of wing

Graphium xenocles , underside of wing

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Knight Butterfly (Papilionidae)
Subfamily : Swallowtails (Papilioninae)
Genre : Graphium
Type : Graphium xenocles
Scientific name
Graphium xenocles
( Doubleday , 1842)
Graphium xenocles

Graphium xenocles is a butterfly found in Asiafrom the family of the knightly butterflies (Papilionidae) and the subfamily of the swallowtails (Papilioninae).

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is 80 to 90 millimeters. There is very little sexual dimorphism between the sexes . Females and males have essentially the same drawing elements. The relatively large forewings are strongly rounded at the apex . The wings tops of both pairs of wings are striped black and white, so the way in English as Great Zebra (large Zebra ) is called. The front edge and hem are colored black. An orange-yellow spot stands out at the anal angle , which extends more or less strongly along the entire inner edge of the hind wings. The drawings on the upper sides shine through on the underside. The upper side black color elements are mostly brown, in females mostly red-brown. Tail processes are absent. The thorax and abdomen are black and show whitish side stripes.

Pre-imaginal stages

Descriptions of the first stands are not yet available.

Similar species

Within the genera Graphium , Parantica , Hestina , Tirumala , Euripus , Papilio , Chilasa and Pareronia there are some butterflies that show a similar black and white pattern as Graphium xenocles . All of these moths differ in the lack of yellowish markings on the inner edge of the upper side of the hind wings. The following examples show moths of some similar species:

Distribution, habitat and subspecies

Graphium xenocles occurs with the following subspecies in deciduous forests in Southeast Asia:

  • Graphium xenocles xenocles , found in India and Bhutan
  • Graphium xenocles kephisos ( Fruhstorfer , 1902), in Burma and Vietnam
  • Graphium xenocles lindos ( Fruhstorfer , 1902), in Thailand
  • Graphium xenocles xenoclides ( Fruhstorfer , 1902), in China

Way of life

The moths fly in several generations a year, mainly in the months of January to May and September to November. While the females visit flowers to take in nectar, the males like to suckle on the ground at damp places in the earth in order to take in liquids and minerals. Further details on the species' way of life have yet to be explored.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ size information
  2. ↑ Markku Savela: Graphium Scopoli, 1777 - distribution. In: Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ flight times

literature

Charles Thomas Bingham: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies. Vol. II, Taylor & Francis, London 1907

Web links

Commons : Graphium xenocles  - collection of images, videos and audio files