Graphium colonna - Mamba swordtail, Black swordtail

Species details:

Note: This species is not found in Zimbabwe
Distribution: Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 307.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 356.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Graphium colonna .
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401740, retrieved 3 November 2024

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