Papilio nobilis

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Papilio nobilis
Papilionobilis Rogenhofer,1891Female.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Papilionidae
Tribe:
Papilionini
Genus:
Species:
P. nobilis
Binomial name
Papilio nobilis
Synonyms
  • Princeps nobilis
  • Papilio pringlei Sharpe, 1894
  • Papilio nobilis f. mariabonaparte Bryk, 1929
  • Papilio nobilis f. nobilissima Bryk, 1929
  • Papilio nobilis pallidus Stoneham, 1931
  • Papilio nobilis ab. josetta Smart, 1976
  • Papilio nobilis leroyi Berger, 1950

Papilio nobilis, the noble swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

The larvae feed on Warburgia ugandensis.

Taxonomy[]

Papilio nobilis is a member of the oribazus species group. The clade members are:

Subspecies[]

  • Papilio nobilis nobilis (highlands of Kenya, Lake Victoria, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Papilio nobilis didingensis Carpenter, 1928 [4] (southern Sudan)
  • Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936 .[5] (Congo Republic, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990[6] (western Tanzania)

References[]

  1. ^ Rogenhofer, 1891 Diagnosen neuer Schmetterlinge des K.K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 41: 563- 566.
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  3. ^ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  4. ^ Carpenter, 1928. Two collections of butterflies from the S.E. corner of the Sudan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76: 25-54.
  5. ^ Stoneham , H.F. 1936d. Description of a new butterfly of the genus Papilio from western Uganda Protectorate. Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (30): 2 pp.
  6. ^ Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363

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