Papilio epiphorbas

Papilio epiphorbas
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. epiphorbas
Binomial name
Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833 [1] Full text [2]
Synonyms
Druryia epiphorbas Papilio epiphorbas f. hovaLe Cerf, 1924 Papilio epiphorbas f. oriphorbasLe Cerf, 1924

Papilio epiphorbas is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. ^[3]

Taxonomy

Underside

Papilio epiphorbas is a member of the oribazus species-group. The clade members are

• Papilio oribazus Boisduval, 1836
• Papilio epiphorbasBoisduval, 1833
• Papilio nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891

Subspecies

• Papilio epiphorbas epiphorbas (Madagascar)
• Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudiTurlin & Guilbot, 1990 ^[4] (Anjouan)
• Papilio epiphorbas praedictaTurlin & Guilbot, 1990 (Grand Comore)

References

1. Boisduval, J.B. 1833. Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris 2: 149–270.
2. Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
4. Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 Description de deux nouvelles sous-especes de Papilio epiphorbas de l'archipel des Comores Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 94 (7-8) : 213-219

• 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

External links

• Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien