Papilio cynorta

Papilio cynorta

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. cynorta
Binomial name
*Papilio cynorta* Fabricius, 1793^[1]^[2]
Synonyms
Papilio zerynthius Boisduval, 1836 Papilio boisduvallianus Westwood, 1842 Papilio triptolemus Ehrmann, 1918 Papilio cynorta norcyta Suffert, 1904 Papilio gallienus peculiaris Neave, 1904 Papilio cynorta f. lavochrea Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio cynorta f. ochrospila Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio cynorta f. acraeamimus Bryk, 1928 Papilio cynorta f. albofurculatus Bryk, 1928 Papilio cynorta f. parageoides Stoneham, 1944 Papilio cynorta cynorta f. agayana Stoneham, 1951 Papilio cynorta cynorta f. bwambensis Stoneham, 1951

The mimetic swallowtail or common white banded papilio (Papilio cynorta) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in Africa, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

Adult females mimic Acraea epaea.

The larvae feed on Clausena, Vepris, Calodendrum, Citrus, Fagara and Teclea species.

Taxonomy

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

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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