Papilio fuelleborni

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Papilio fuelleborni
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Papilio fuelleborni
Karsch, 1900 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio fülleborniKarsch, 1900
  • Papilio sjöstedtiAurivillius, 1908
  • Papilio sjöstedti var. atavusLe Cerf, 1912
  • Papilio fuelleborni neocesaKemal & Koçak, 2005

Papilio fuelleborni is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Tanzania and Malawi. [3]

Contents

The larvae feed on Clausena species.

Description

The male is deep black, with a pure white median band, very narrow in forewing, very wide in hindwing. The female is similar to other species of the group but with large white spots on the hindwing, placed at the margin (Carcasson, 1960).

Subspecies

Taxonomy

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

See also

References

  1. Karsch, F. 1900 Drei neue Lepidopteren aus Ostafrika gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Fulleborn. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 26: 353-359.
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  3. Papilio at Funet
  4. Le Cerf, F. 1912 Descriptions de Lepidopteres nouveaux d’Afrique orientale (Papilionide).Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912: 336-337.
  5. Kielland, 1987, J. 1987 New taxa of Rhopalocera from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Lambillionea 87 (9-10): 114-126