Papilio charopus
| Tailed Green-banded Swallowtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. charopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Tailed Green-banded Swallowtail (Papilio charopus) is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.[1]
Subspecies
- Papilio charopus charopus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko)
- Papilio charopus juventus Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (Congo Republic, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi)
Habitat
Highland forests (Congolian forests, Lower Guinean forests).
Status
Fairly common and not threatened.
Taxonomy
Papilio charopus belongs to a clade called the nireus species-group with 13 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of this species Papilio charopus. The clade members are:
- Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897
- Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
- Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843
- Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904
- Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
- Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939
- Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
- Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
- Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900
- Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961
- Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926
References
- ↑ Papilio charopus, Funet.fi
- 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