Papilio menestheus
| Papilio menestheus | |
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| Papilio menestheus in Uitlandsche Kapellen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. menestheus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773 | |
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The Western Emperor Swallowtail (Papilio menestheus) is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.[1]
The larvae feed on Citrus species and Fagara macrophylla.[2]
Taxonomy
Papilio menestheus is the nominal member of the menestheus species-group. The members of the clade are
- Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773
- Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
- Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
Subspecies
- Papilio menestheus menestheus (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Papilio menestheus canui Gauthier, 1984 (Equatorial Guinea)
References
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