Papilio sjoestedti

Papilio sjoestedti, the Kilimanjaro swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.

Papilio sjoestedti
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P. sjoestedti
Binomial name
Papilio sjoestedti

Description

In 1960, Robert Herbert Carcasson wrote: "Male very similar to above (fulleborni), but white band very narrow in both wings. Female similar to above (fulleborni), but ochreous discal area of hindwing much smaller. Both sexes may be distinguished from all other species of the group by the very much darker underside."

Taxonomy

Papilio sjoestedti is a member of the echerioides species-group. This clade includes:

It is mostly treated as a subspecies of Papilio fuelleborni.[2]

Etymology

It was named for Swedish naturalist Bror Yngve Sjöstedt.

References

  1. M. Gimenez Dixon (1996). "Papilio sjoestedti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T16006A5348940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16006A5348940.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  • 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


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