Papilio rex
| Papilio rex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Papilionini |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. rex |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886[1] | |
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The regal swallowtail or king papilio (Papilio rex) is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.[2]
The Kenyan forms mimic Tirumala formosa.
The larvae feed on Teclea tricocarpa, Teclea stuhlmanni, Calodendrum, Citrus, Clausena, Fagara and Toddalia species.
Taxonomy
Papilio rex 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 rex rex (Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), north-eastern Tanzania, central Tanzania)
- Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 (Congo Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, western Kenya)
- Papilio rex franciscae Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia)
- Papilio rex alinderi Bryk, 1928 (Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley))
- Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
- Papilio rex abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995 (highlands of south-eastern Ethiopia)
- Papilio rex regulana Vane-Wright, 1995 (Kenya (highlands east of the Rift Valley))
Ecozone
References
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- ↑ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ 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
External links
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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