Graphium fulleri

Graphium fulleri is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad.

Description
The broad black marginal band of the hindwing is always ornamented with light spots. The wings have a common light median band, which does not reach the base of the hindwing and is interrupted in cellule 5 of the forewing. Hindwing beneath without black basal, dot in cellule 7 and consequently with only two such dots. Hindwing with 3—8 usually double sub¬marginal spots. The markings are light yellow; the median band formed almost exactly as in G. ucalegon-, cell of the forewing with an apical spot and a streak at the hindmargin between veins 3 and 4; hindwing with two submarginal dots each in cellules 2—6 and with three large discal spots about in the middle of cellules 2—4, beneath red at the base.

Subspecies

 * Graphium fulleri fulleri (Cameroon, Congo)
 * Graphium fulleri boulleti (Le Cerf, 1912) (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Taxonomy
Graphium fulleri belongs to a species group with 16 members. All are very similar.fulleri is possibly a form of ''Graphium ucalegonides. The species group members are:
 * Graphium abri Smith & Vane-Wright, 2001
 * Graphium adamastor (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Graphium agamedes (Westwood, 1842)
 * Graphium almansor (Honrath, 1884)
 * Graphium auriger (Butler, 1876)
 * Graphium aurivilliusi (Seeldrayers, 1896)
 * Graphium fulleri (Grose-Smith, 1883)
 * Graphium hachei (Dewitz, 1881)
 * Graphium kigoma Carcasson, 1964
 * Graphium olbrechtsi Berger, 1950
 * Graphium poggianus (Honrath, 1884)
 * Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950
 * Graphium schubotzi (Schultze, 1913)
 * Graphium simoni (Aurivillius, 1899),
 * Graphium ucalegon  (Hewitson, 1865)[
 * Graphium ucalegonides (Staudinger, 1884)

Biogeographic realm
Afrotropical realm

Images
External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.