Family Papilionidae Rank Species | ||
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Similar Papilio cyproeofila, Papilio horribilis, Papilio cynorta, Papilio sosia, Papilio fuelleborni | ||
Papilio menestheus, the western emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
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The larvae feed on Citrus species and Fagara macrophylla.
Taxonomy
Papilio menestheus is the nominal member of the menestheus species group. The members of the clade are:
Subspecies
References
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