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Papilio charopus, the tailed green-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.
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Subspecies
Habitat
Highland forests (Congolian forests, Lower Guinean forests).
Status
Fairly common and not threatened.
Taxonomy
Papilio charopus belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 13 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of this species Papilio charopus. The clade members are:
References
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