Coastal Swordtail

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Graphium porthaon

Coastal Swordtail, a reference photo
Photo: William Chapman Hewitson · Public domain

Graphium porthaon, the coastal swordtail, cream-striped swordtail or dark swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, found in tropical western Africa.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Coastal Swordtail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Papilionidae
Species
Graphium porthaon

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