Family Papilionidae | Tribe Papilionini Rank Species | |
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Similar Papilio plagiatus, Papilio echerioides, Papilio cyproeofila, Papilio sosia, Papilio gallienus | ||
Papilio cynorta, the mimetic swallowtail or common white banded papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Adult females mimic Acraea epaea, the common bematistes butterfly.
The larvae feed on Clausena, Vepris, Calodendrum, Citrus, Fagara and Teclea species.
Taxonomy
Papilio cynorta is the nominal member of the cynorta species group. The members of the clade are:
References
Papilio cynorta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA