Papilio thuraui

Updated on Nov 30, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Papilionidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Papilio
Similar Papilio desmondi, Papilio fuelleborni, Papilio sosia, Papilio charopus, Papilio chrapkowskii

Papilio thuraui is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Republic of the Congo.

The larvae feed on Toddalia asiatica.

Subspecies

P. t. thuraui (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)

P. t. cyclopis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Malawi, Zambia)

P. t. occidua Storace, 1951 (Republic of the Congo, Malawi, north-eastern Zambia)

P. t. heathi (Hancock, 1984) (Malawi)

P. t. ngorongoro (Hancock, 1984) (northern Tanzania)

P. t. viphya (Hancock, 1984) (Malawi)

Taxonomy

Papilio thuraui belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 13 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots. The butterflies, although called swallowtails, lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus. The clade members are:

Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897

Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758

Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843

Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904

Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952

Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939

Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879

Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995

Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900

Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961

Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926

Ecozone

This species is located in the Afrotropic ecozone.

References

Papilio thuraui Wikipedia

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Subspecies

Taxonomy

Ecozone

References