Papilio rex

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Papilio rex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. rex
Binomial name
Papilio rex
Oberthür, 1886[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
  • Papilio schultzei Aurivillius, 1904
  • Papilio rex var. arnoldi Richelmann, 1909
  • Papilio abyssinicus Poulton, 1926
  • Papilio rex f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908
  • Papilio rexi f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908
  • Papilio rex var. alinderi f. lindblomi Bryk, 1928
  • Papilio rex f. intermediata Bryk, 1930
  • Papilio rex alinderi f. holmi Bryk, 1953
  • Papilio rex barnsi Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio rex var. regulus Le Cerf, 1919
  • Papilio rex ab. eisneri Bryk, 1928
  • Papilio rex f. endymion Stoneham, 1951

The Regal Swallowtail or King Papilio (Papilio rex) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Africa.[2]

The Kenyan forms mimic Tirumala formosa.

The larvae feed on Teclea tricocarpa, Teclea stuhlmanni, Calodendrum, Citrus, Clausena, Fagara and Toddalia species.

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies

  • Papilio rex rex (Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), north-eastern Tanzania, central Tanzania)
  • Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 (Congo Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, western Kenya)
  • Papilio rex franciscae Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia)
  • Papilio rex alinderi Bryk, 1928 (Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley))
  • Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
  • Papilio rex abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995 (highlands of south-eastern Ethiopia)
  • Papilio rex regulana Vane-Wright, 1995 (Kenya (highlands east of the Rift Valley))

Ecozone

Afrotropic ecozone

References

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  1. ↑ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  • 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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