Papilio rex

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Papilio rex
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. rex
Binomial name
Papilio rex
Oberthür, 1886 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio mimeticusRothschild, 1897
  • Papilio schultzeiAurivillius, 1904
  • Papilio rex var. arnoldi Richelmann, 1909
  • Papilio abyssinicus Poulton, 1926
  • Papilio rex f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908
  • Papilio rexi f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908
  • Papilio rex var. alinderi f. lindblomi Bryk, 1928
  • Papilio rex f. intermediata Bryk, 1930
  • Papilio rex alinderi f. holmi Bryk, 1953
  • Papilio rex barnsi Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio rex var. regulus Le Cerf, 1919
  • Papilio rex ab. eisneri Bryk, 1928
  • Papilio rex f. endymionStoneham, 1951

Papilio rex, the regal swallowtail or king papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. [3] It is a semi-montane and montane forest (1, 300 m. to 2 600 m.) species. The larvae feed on Teclea tricocarpa , Teclea stuhlmanni , Calodendrum , Citrus , Clausena , Fagara and Toddalia species. In the early morning and late afternoon adults of both sexes descend from the forest canopy to feed from the flowers of Lantana , Impatiens and Bougainvillea . It hilltops on granite outcrops and mud puddles. [4]

Contents

The Kenyan forms mimic Tirumala formosa , the forest monarch butterfly.

Description

The ground colour is black. There are numerous white markings and the base of the forewing is orange brown (sometimes black with a white streak in males).

Taxonomy

Papilio rex is a member of the dardanus species group. The members of the clade are:

Subspecies

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropical realm

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References

  1. ↑ Oberthür, C. 1886. [No title]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 6: 114-115.
  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. ↑ Larsen, 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history 352, 443 (490 pp.). Oxford.
  5. ↑ Rothschild, W., 1897 On a new species of Papilio from Uganda Entomologist 30 165 Full text
  6. ↑ Carpenter, 1928. Two collections of butterflies from the S.E. corner of the Sudan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76: 25-54.
  7. ↑ Bryk, F. 1928. Ueber den Mimetismus der afrikanischen Papilio-Arten. Societas Entomologia 43: 13-16.
  8. ↑ Aurivillius, Per Olof Christopher, 1904 Insekten-Börse 21 (48): 363 Full text
  9. ↑ Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803. ISBN 978-0-643-05561-2


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