Papilio lormieri

Papilio lormieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. lormieri
Binomial name
Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874 [1]
Synonyms
Papilio menestheus v. lormieri ab. bassanaStrand, 1913 Papilio menestheus var. aureusMoreau, 1917 Papilio menestheus lormieri ab. cuvelieriDufrane, 1946 Papilio menestheus-lormieri semlikanaLe Cerf, 1924 Papilio lormieri neocroceaKoçak, 1983 Papilio lormieri f. ophidicephaloidesStoneham, 1951 Papilio lormieri f. rufopunctataStoneham, 1951 Papilio lormieri croceaStorace, 1955

Papilio lormieri, the central emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. ^[2]

The larvae feed on Clausena anisata , Fagaropsis species, Rutaceae species, and Fagara macrophylla . ^[3]

Taxonomy

Papilio lormieri is a member of the menestheus species group. The members of the clade are:

• Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773
• Papilio lormieriDistant, 1874
• Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878

Subspecies

• Papilio lormieri lormieri (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan)
• Papilio lormieri semlikanaLe Cerf, 1924 ^[4] (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Papilio lormieri neocroceaKoçak, 1983 ^[5] (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail

References

1. Distant, W.L. 1874. Description of a new Papilio from Madagascar [error French West Africa]. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 11: 129-130.
2. "Papilio". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
4. Le Cerf, F. 1924. Catalogue annote des “types” et formes nouvelles des Papilios d’Afrique contenus dans la collection du Hill Museum. Bulletin of the Hill Museum Wiley 1: 369- 399; 576; 578; 580; 582; 584.
5. Koçak, A.Ö., 1983-1986, More notes on the homonymy of the specific names of Lepidoptera. Cent. ent. Stud., Priamus 2 (1983) (4):

• 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)
• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN   978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.