Papilio horribilis

Papilio horribilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Tribe: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. horribilis
Binomial name
Papilio horribilis
Butler, 1874[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio hermes Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912
  • Papilio hermes var. pellax Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912

Papilio horribilis is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found in southern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Ghana.

The larvae possibly feed on Beilschmiedia manni.[2]

Taxonomy

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

Status

Not uncommon and not threatened.*Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book 1985 IUCN pdf

See also

References

  1. Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  3. Condamin, M. and Roy, R. (1963). Lepidoptera Papilionidae in (ch. 19) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba, fasc. 5. Memoires de I'lnstitut Francois Afrique Noire 66: 415-422.

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