Papilio sjoestedti

Papilio sjoestedti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. sjoestedti
Binomial name
Papilio sjoestedti
Aurivillius, 1908

Papilio sjoestedti, the Kilimanjaro Swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.

Description

"Male very similar to above (fulleborni), but white band very narrow in both wings. Female similar to above (fulleborni), but ochreous discal area of hindwing much smaller. Both sexes may be distinguished from all other species of the group by the very much darker underside. (Carcasson, 1960)

Taxonomy

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

It is mostly treated as a subspecies of Papilio fuelleborni.[2]

Etymology

Named for Bror Yngve Sjöstedt.

References

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