Papilio sjoestedti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. sjoestedti
Binomial name
Papilio sjoestedti

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

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.[3]

Etymology

It was named for Swedish naturalist Bror Yngve Sjöstedt.

References

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  1. ^ M. Gimenez Dixon (1996). "Papilio sjoestedti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T16006A5348940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16006A5348940.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ Aurivillius, P.O.C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13.Stuttgart.
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.


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