Papilio phorcas

Apple-green swallowtail
P. phorcas, male
P. phorcas, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. phorcas
Binomial name
Papilio phorcas Cramer, [1775][1]
Synonyms
List Princeps phorcas Papilio doreus Fabricius, 1775 Papilio thersander Fabricius, 1793 Papilio phorcas f. media Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 Papilio phorcas tippelskirchi Suffert, 1904 Papilio phorcas f. thersandroides Aurivillius, 1908 Papilio phorcas bardamu f. velledae Canu, 1994 Papilio phorcas caspor Suffert, 1904 Papilio phorcas ab. kassaiensis Strand, 1916 Papilio phorcas f. bergeri Storace, 1955 Papilio phorcas f. xera Storace, 1955 Papilio phorcas f. viridissima Basquin & Turlin, 1986 Papilio phorcas congoanus f. ponzonii Sala, 1992 Papilio phorcas leopoldi Suffert, 1904 Papilio phorcas ab. phorcadius Strand, 1911 Papilio phorcas f. ruscoei Krüger, 1928 Papilio phorcas f. mutans Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio phorcas f. furcula Bryk, 1927 Papilio phorcas f. inexpectata Bryk, 1927 Papilio phorcas pseudothersander Krüger, 1937 Papilio phorcas f. polyxena Stoneham, 1951 Papilio phorcas f. bayoni Storace, 1955 Papilio phorcas nilotica Storace, 1961 Papilio phorcas tenuifasciatus f. meto Kielland, 1990

The Apple-green swallowtail or Green-banded swallowtail (Papilio phorcas) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

The larvae feed on Teclea nobilis, Teclea simplicifolia, Macrostylis villosa, Oriciopsis, Vepris, Calodendrum, Clausena, Citrus, Fagara and Toddalia species.^[2]

Taxonomy

Papilio phorcas is a member of the dardanus species-group. The members of the clade are

• Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
• Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
• Papilio delalandei Godart, [1824]
• Papilio phorcas Cramer, [1775]
• Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886

Subspecies

• Papilio phorcas phorcas (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
• Papilio phorcas ansorgei Rothschild, 1896 (Kenya (highland forest east of the Rift Valley))
• Papilio phorcas congoanus Rothschild, 1896 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Angola, Congo Republic, western Uganda, western Tanzania, N.Zambia)
• Papilio phorcas nyikanus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (highland forest of north-eastern Zambia, Malawi and eastern Tanzania)
• Papilio phorcas ruscoei Krüger, 1928 (eastern Uganda, Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley)
• Papilio phorcas sudanicola Storace, 1965 (southern Sudan)
• Papilio phorcas tenuifasciatus Kielland, 1990 (northern Tanzania, Kenya)
• Papilio phorcas bardamu Canu, 1994 (Bioko Island)

Ecozone

Afrotropic ecozone

References

1. Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini

• Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
• Collins, N.M., Morris, M.G., IUCN, 1985 Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: the IUCN Red Data Book (1985) IUCN pdf
• Storace, L.,1955 Su alcune Papilionidae Africane, con descrizioni di nuove forme (Lepidoptera, Diurna). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 33:120-137.

External links

• Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien