Papilio constantinus

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Constantine's Swallowtail
Mounted
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. constantinus
Binomial name
Papilio constantinus
Ward, 1871[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Princeps constantinus
  • Papilio constantinus f. chrysothemis Stoneham, 1931
  • Papilio constantinus alticola Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio constantinus monticolus Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio constantinus f. mathieui Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio constantinus mweruana f. wittei Berger, 1981

The Constantine's Swallowtail (Papilio constantinus) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Subsaharan Africa.

The wingspan is 70–90 mm in males and 80–95 mm in females. Flight period is during warmer months peaking from November to February.[3]

The larvae feed on Vepris reflexa, Vepris lanceolata, Vepris undulata, Clausena spp., Citrus spp., Teclea trifoliatum, Teclea nobilis, and Teclea gerrardii.[1][3]

Taxonomy

Papilio constantinus is a member of the dardanus species-group. The members of the clade are

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • P. c. constantinus Ward, 1871 (south-eastern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southern and north-eastern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, eastern Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland)
  • P. c. lecerfi Koçak, 1996 (Kenya: central highlands and the Mau Escarpment)
  • P. c. mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (Democratic Republic of Congo, western Tanzania, Zambia)

Ecozone

Afrotropic ecozone

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Papilio, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
  • Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae).Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
  • Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN ,1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf


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