Papilio lormieri

Papilio lormieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. lormieri
Binomial name
Papilio lormieri
Distant, 1874
Synonyms
  • Papilio menestheus v. lormieri ab. bassana Strand, 1913
  • Papilio menestheus var. aureus Moreau, 1917
  • Papilio menestheus lormieri ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio menestheus-lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983
  • Papilio lormieri f. ophidicephaloides Stoneham, 1951
  • Papilio lormieri f. rufopunctata Stoneham, 1951
  • Papilio lormieri crocea Storace, 1955

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.[1]

The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceaea, Teclea species, and Fagara macrophylla.[2]

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies

References


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