Papilio hornimani

Hornimans Green-banded Swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. hornimani
Binomial name
Papilio hornimani
Distant, 1879

Hornimans Green-banded Swallowtail or Horniman's Swallowtail (Papilio hornimani) is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in the highland forests of Kenya and Tanzania.[1]

The larvae feed on Teclea and possibly Citrus species.[2]

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Papilio hornimani belongs to a clade called the nireus species-group with 13 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus. The clade members are:

Etymology

Named for Frederick John Horniman.

References


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