Graphium illyris
Graphium illyris, the cream-banded swordtail, is a forest butterfly of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). It is native to the Afrotropical realm. Description. The markings of the upper surface yellow; the median band curved slightly basad at the costal margin of the forewing and without spot in cellule 7; the tail of the hindwing only white at the extreme tip; the hindwing with red-yellow marginal lunules. Ashanti to the Congo. — ab. (var. ?) "flavisparsus" Fruhst. has the submarginal spots of the hindwing and the red spots on the under surface larger than in the normal form. Island of  Fernando Po. Habitat. Tropical and subtropical ecoregions. Status and biology. It is an uncommon to rare species and is seasonal in West Africa (with adults on wing mainly in February and March). Males mud-puddle, and are attracted to rotten fish as well as perspiration on humans. Taxonomy. "Graphium illyris" is a member of the "antheus" - clade "Graphium antheus", "Graphium colonna", "Graphium evombar" , "Graphium kirbyi", "Graphium junodi", "Graphium polistratus", "Graphium illyris", "Graphium gudenusi").