Graphium ridleyanus
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The Acraea Swordtail (Graphium ridleyanus) is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
Adults mimic large Acraea species, such as Acraea egina and Acraea perenna. Males are known to mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on Popowia congoensis
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Etymology
The name honours "Mr. Ridley, a gentleman in the W African Coast Service whose love for our favourite science was displayed by a collection he made near the fort of Accra and sent to this country.He gave great promise of excelling in entomology, and fell a victim to the clmate of W. Africa" Adam White, Member of the Entomological Societies of London and Paris Assistant Zoology Department, British Museum "Description of some apparently new Insects from the Congo, sent to England by Mr. Curror, Surgeon R. N., and the late Mr. John Cranch" (1843) Annals And Magazine of Natural History 12:262-268.
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- ↑ Graphium ridleyanus, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
