Papilio lormieri
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]
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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:
- 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". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Carcasson, R.H., 1960. "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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