Papilio fuelleborni

Papilio fuelleborni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Papilio fuelleborni
Karsch, 1900[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio fülleborni Karsch, 1900
  • Papilio sjöstedti Aurivillius, 1908
  • Papilio sjöstedti var. atavus Le Cerf, 1912
  • Papilio fuelleborni neocesa Kemal & Koçak, 2005

Papilio fuelleborni is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Tanzania and Malawi.[2]

The larvae feed on Clausena species.

Description

The male is deep black, with a pure white median band, very narrow in forewing, very wide in hindwing. The female is similar to other species of the group but with large white spots on the hindwing, placed at the margin (Carcasson, 1960).

Subspecies

Taxonomy

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

References


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