Papilio aristophontes | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | P. aristophontes |
Binomial name | |
Papilio aristophontes (Oberthür, 1897) |
Papilio aristophontes is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to Comoros. It is listed as a red list species due to the its rarity and the threats to its survival. The eggs are laid on the plant Toddalia asiatica, but the caterpillars have been reared on other members of the Rutaceae in captivity.