Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Graphium levassori (Graphium levassori), recorded as Endangered
Graphium levassori (Graphium levassori). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Graphium levassori

Graphium levassori

Graphium levassori is a moth or butterfly in the family Papilionidae (order Lepidoptera), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Graphium levassori
Taxonomy
Insecta · Lepidoptera · Papilionidae · Graphium

Appearance

The greater part of the wings above is yellowish white, but the following parts are black: the costal margin of the forewing as far as the cell and on the hindwing the apex, that is adorned with two light spots in cellules 7 and 8, and a marginal line, only 1 mm broad between vein 5 and the hinder angle, that is somewhat widened at the apical angle and there encloses two light spots. — Great Comoro. Graphium levassori, the yellow lady, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the Comoros.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

The adult is what most collections hold. The larva — the feeding stage — is often undescribed for the rarest names.

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.

Graphium levassori is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Graphium levassori, Wikidata item Q4847784. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Graphium levassori?
Graphium levassori is a moth or butterfly in the family Papilionidae (order Lepidoptera).
What is the conservation status of Graphium levassori?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Graphium levassori. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Graphium levassori live?
It is endemic to the Comoros.
Why is Graphium levassori in crisis?
Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Graphium levassori?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Graphium levassori a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.