Papilio menestheus

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Papilio menestheus
Western emperor swallowtail (Papilio menestheus) male Bobiri.jpg
in the Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. menestheus
Binomial name
Papilio menestheus
Drury, 1773
Synonyms
  • Papilio menestheus ab. pygmaeusAurivillius, 1899
  • Papilio menestheus ab. unimaculatusStrand, 1914
  • Papilio menestheus v. lormieri ab. latefasciatusSchultze, 1917

Papilio menestheus, the western emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. [1]

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The larvae feed on Citrus species and Fagara macrophylla .

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies

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