Papilio menestheus
Species of butterfly
Papilio menestheus | |
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in the Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Papilio menestheus, the western emperor swallowtail, 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.
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
- ^ Papilio at Funet
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