veined swordtail (Graphium leonidas) English: SeitzFaunaAfricana
Date 30 October 2012, 14:19:38
Source Seitz Fauna Africana
Author Adalbert Seitz 1910 author of plate unknown
brasidas synonym of Graphium leonidas
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graphium_brasidas_upperside_and_underside.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.
