Papilio hesperus

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Papilio hesperus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. hesperus
Binomial name
Papilio hesperus
Westwood, 1843[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Princeps hesperus
  • Papilio embodinus Ehrmann, 1921
  • Papilio horribilis var. calabaricus Distant, 1879
  • Papilio hesperus maculatissimus Suffert, 1904
  • Papilio hesperus f. additionis Strand, 1913
  • Papilio hesperus f. bukoba Richelmann, 1913
  • Papilio hesperus ab. dualana Strand, 1914
  • Papilio hesperus var. kassaiensis Moreau, 1917
  • Papilio hesperus f. insolitus Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio hesperus f. rufopuncta Stoneham, 1944
  • Papilio hesperus hesperus ab. lagai Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio hesperus hesperus ab. blariauxi Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio hesperus hesperus ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio hesperus hesperus f. mariae Dufrane, 1953
  • Papilio hesperus hesperus f. punctata Dufrane, 1953

The Black and Yellow Swallowtail or Hesperus Swallowtail (Papilio hesperus) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Africa.

The larvae feed on Beilschmiedia species, including Beilschmiedia ugandensis.

Taxonomy

Papilio hesperus is the nominal member of the hesperus species-group.The members of the clade are

Subspecies

  • Papilio hesperus hesperus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Congo Republic, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)
  • Papilio hesperus feae Storace, 1963 (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Papilio hesperus sudana Gabriel, 1945 (southern Sudan)

Habitats

Congolian forests and surrounding likk ecoregions

Ecozone

Afrotropic ecozone

References

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  1. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  2. ↑ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  • 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 Papilionidae , diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society

External links

  • 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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