Papilio echerioides

The White-banded Swallowtail (Papilio echerioides) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Subsaharan Africa.

The wingspan is 65–75 mm. Has two flight periods from January to March and September to November.^[2]

The larvae feed on Clausena inaequalis, Toddalia lanceolata, Fagara capensis, Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum delagoense, Vepris lanceolata, Citrus spp.^[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

• P. e. ambangulu Clifton & Collins, 1997
• P. e. chirindanus van Son, 1956
• P. e. echerioides Trimen, 1868
• P. e. homeyeri Plötz, 1880
• P. e. joiceyi Gabriel, 1945 – Zoroaster Swallowtail
• P. e. kiellandi Clifton & Collins, 1997
• P. e. leucospilus Rothschild, 1902
• P. e. nioka (Hancock, 1989)
• P. e. nyiro Carcasson, 1962
• P. e. oscari Rothschild, 1902
• P. e. pseudowertheri Kielland, 1990
• P. e. shirensis (Hancock, 1987)
• P. e. wertheri Karsch, 1898
• P. e. zoroastres Druce, 1878

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