Papilio arnoldiana

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Papilio arnoldiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. arnoldiana
Binomial name
Papilio arnoldiana
Vane-Wright, 1995 [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cynorta arnoldiPoulton, 1925

Papilio arnoldiana is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in south-western Ethiopia. [2] [3]

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Taxonomy

Papilio arnoldiana is a member of the cynorta species group. The members of the clade are:

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References

  1. Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995 in Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803. ISBN 978-0-643-05561-2
  2. Papilio at Funet
  3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini