Graphium poggianus is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in northern Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
Description This species is larger than related species, with a forewing length of about 48 mm. The markings are whitish; the forewing lacks submarginal spots and bears a large transverse spot in the cell opposite to cellule 3, which reaches the front margin of the cell and is united with three long discal spots in cellules 2-—4; the discal spot in cellule 2 is very long, almost reaching the margin, but narrow, so that it only covers the anterior part of the cellule. The discal spots in cellules 1 a and 1 b consequently form a free hindmarginal spot, which almost reaches the margin, but is rather far removed from the base. The discal spots in cellules 6 and 8 are arranged almost exactly as in the other species. The transverse band of the hindwing is broad, almost reaching the base and the apex of the cell. A broad dark submarginal band is present in each of cellules 2-5, with two long whitish, somewhat irregular streaks.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
Taxonomy Graphium poggianus belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar. It is given as a form of Graphium almansor by Berger.Berger, L.A. (1950). Catalogues raisonnées de la faune entomologique du Congo Belge. Lépidoptéres-Rhopalocéres, I, Fam. Papilionidae. Annales du Musée Royale du Congo Belge Ser 4to (C: Zool.) 8: 1-104. Berger, L.A. (1974). Notes sur quelques Papilionidae du Musée Royal de I’Afrique Centrale. Lambillionea 72-73: 69-76. The species group members are: Graphium abri Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001 Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842) Graphium almansor (Honrath, 1884) Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876) Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896) Graphium fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883) Graphium hachei (Dewitz, 1881) Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964 Graphium olbrechtsi Berger, 1950 Graphium poggianus (Honrath, 1884) Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950 Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913) Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899), Graphium ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)[ Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)
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