Papilio lormieri

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Papilio

Similar Papilio menestheus, Papilio cynorta, Papilio zenobia, Papilio echerioides, Papilio mechowi

Papilio lormieri, the central emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.

The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceaea, Teclea species, and Fagara macrophylla.

Taxonomy

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

Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773

Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874

Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878

Papilio lormieri lormieri (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan)

Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail

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