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Papilio hesperus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Scientific name
  
Papilio hesperus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Papilionini

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Papilio horribilis, Papilio plagiatus, Papilio cynorta, Papilio euphranor, Papilio gallienus

papilio hesperus in flight


Papilio hesperus, the black and yellow swallowtail or Hesperus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

Contents

The larvae feed on Beilschmiedia species, including Beilschmiedia ugandensis.

Taxonomy

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

  • Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
  • Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
  • Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
  • Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896

    • Subspecies

  • Papilio hesperus hesperus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Congo Republic, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)
  • Papilio hesperus feae Storace, 1963 (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Papilio hesperus sudana Gabriel, 1945 (southern Sudan)

    • Habitats

    Congolian forests and surrounding likk ecoregions.

    Ecozone

    Afrotropic ecozone.

    References

    Papilio hesperus Wikipedia
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