Papilio saharae

Papilio saharae
	Museum specimen from Morocco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. saharae
Binomial name
	Papilio saharae; Oberthür, 1879
Synonyms
	Papilio machaon var. saharae Oberthür, 1879; Papilio machaon var. hospitonides Oberthür, 1888; Papilio machaon saharae f. xanthosoma Turati, 1924;

Papilio saharae, the Sahara swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in North Africa and Arabia.

Biology[]

The larva feeds on , , , Ferula communis and .

Pittaway, A. R., Larsen, T. B., Clarke, C. A., Smith, C. R., Crnjar, R. & Clarke, F. M. M. 1994. Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879, specifically distinct from Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomologist's Gazette 45: 223–249.

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