Papilio lormieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. lormieri
Binomial name
Papilio lormieri
Distant, 1874 [1]
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.[2]

The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceae species, and Fagara macrophylla.[3]

Taxonomy

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

Subspecies

References

  1. ^ Distant, W.L. 1874. Description of a new Papilio from Madagascar [error French West Africa]. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 11: 129-130.
  2. ^ "Papilio". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  4. ^ Le Cerf , F. 1924. Catalogue annote des “types” et formes nouvelles des Papilios d’Afrique contenus dans la collection du Hill Museum. Bulletin of the Hill Museum Wiley 1: 369- 399; 576; 578; 580; 582; 584.
  5. ^ Koçak,A.Ö., 1983-1986, More notes on the homonymy of the specific names of Lepidoptera. Cent. ent. Stud., Priamus 2 (1983) (4):


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