Papilio echerioides

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White-banded swallowtail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. echerioides
Binomial name
Papilio echerioides
Trimen, 1868 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Druryia echerioides
  • Papilio homeyeriPlötz, 1880
  • Papilio neumanniKarsch, 1895
  • Papilio tanganikaeOberthür, 1897
  • Papilio zoroastres neumanni ab. subtanganikaeStrand, 1916
  • Papilio zoroastres neumanni ab. zoroastridesStrand, 1916
  • Papilio zoroastres joiceyiGabriel, 1945
  • Papilio zoroastres f. pallidochreaStoneham, 1944
  • Papilio zoroastres joycei f. niokaBerger, 1974
  • Papilio echerioides var. wertheriKarsch, 1898
  • Papilio echerioides rideschiSuffert, 1904
  • Papilio echerioides rectofasciataKielland, 1990
  • Papilio zoroastresDruce, 1878
  • Papilio preussiusKarsch, 1893
  • Papilio zoroastres ab. zoroastroidesStrand, 1914
  • Papilio zoroastres ab. sapponisStrand, 1914
  • Papilio zoroastres barnsiGabriel, 1945
  • Papilio echerioides gabrieliGauthier, 1984

Papilio echerioides, the white-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Contents

The wingspan is 65–75 mm. It has two flight periods, first from January to March and second from September to November. [3]

The larvae feed on Clausena inaequalis , Toddalia lanceolata , Toddalia asiatica , Zanthoxylum capense , Zanthoxylum delagoense , Vepris lanceolata and Citrus species. [2]

Description

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The male is very similar to Papilio cynorta , but the median band, which is very pale yellow, tapers more strongly towards the apex. The pale spot in area (cell) 6 [4] of the forewing is always present (usually absent in P. cynorta). The female is a mimic of the butterflies Amauris echeria and Amauris albimaculata . The forewing is black with white spots, the hindwing black with a large pale ochreous discal area and white submarginal spots.

Taxonomy

Papilio echerioides is a member of the echerioides species group. This clade includes:

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Trimen, R. 1868. On some undescribed species of South African butterflies, including a new genus of Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 69-96.
  2. 1 2 3 Papilio at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.
  4. "The Swallowtail butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". The East Africa Natural History Society. 1960.
  5. Clifton M. & Collins, S. E. 1997 Clifton & Collins, 1997. In: d’Abrera, 1997. Butterflies of the Afrotropical region. Part 1
  6. Van Son, G. 1956. New South African butterflies. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22 (4): 503- 509.
  7. Plotz, C. 1880 Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 41: 298-307
  8. Gabriel, A.G. 1945. Notes on some Papilionidae (Lep. Rhopalocera), with descriptions of five new subspecies. Entomologist 78: 151-152.
  9. Rothschild, W. 1902. Some new African Lepidoptera discovered by Oscar Neumann. Novitates Zoologicae 9: 595-598.
  10. Carcasson, R.H. 1962. New African lepidoptera. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and & Coryndon Museum 24 (1): 54-63.
  11. Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363
  12. Hancock, D. L. 1987 A new subspecies of Princeps echerioides (Trimen, 1863) from Malawi.Papilio International 3 (3): 193-195
  13. Karsch, F. 1898a. Uber die aus der Irangi-Expedition gesammelten Orthoptera und Lepidoptera.In: Werther, C.W. Die mittleren Hochlander des nordlichen Deutsch-Ost-Afrika 311-317. Berlin.
  14. Druce, H. 1878a. Descriptions of two new species of butterflies from West Africa.Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 14: 226. Full text