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Papilio lormieri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Papilionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Papilio

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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.

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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

    • Subspecies

  • 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

    • References

    Papilio lormieri Wikipedia
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