Graphium liponesco

Graphium liponesco
	original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. liponesco
Binomial name
	Graphium liponesco; (Suffert, 1904)).
Synonyms
	Papilio policenes liponesco Suffert, 1904; Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco; Papilio boolae Strand, 1909;

Graphium liponesco, the long-tailed striped swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.^[3] Its habitat consists of wet and moist forests in good condition. It is very similar to Graphium policenoides and Graphium policenes ^[4]

Taxonomy[]

It is a member of the Graphium policenes-clade (policenes, Graphium liponesco, Graphium biokoensis, Graphium policenoides, Graphium porthaon.)

^ Suffert, , E. 1904. Neue afrikanisches Tagfalter aus dem Kon. Zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 17: 12-107.
^ Graphium, Site of Markku Savela
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
^ Larsen, T.B. , 1994 Graphium policenes (Cramer, 1775), Graphium policenoides (Holland, 1892), and Graphium liponesco (Suffert, 1904) three closely related taxa (Lepidoptera; Papilionidae) Lambillionea. Juin; 942: 148-156 (Tome I)

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