Papilio (Cosmodesmus) ridleyanus ab. hecqueti Dufrane, 1946
Graphium ridleyanus, the acraea swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the DRC, Chad, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Tanzania and Zambia.[3] Its habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
^White, A. 1843. Descriptions of some apparently new insects from the Congo, sent to England by Mr. Curror, Surgeon R.N., and the late Mr. John Cranch. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 (1): 262-268.
^Graphium ridleyanus, Site of Markku Savela
^Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
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