Papilio hesperus

Papilio hesperus
Mounted
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. hesperus
Binomial name
Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
Synonyms
Princeps hesperus Papilio embodinus Ehrmann, 1921 Papilio horribilis var. calabaricus Distant, 1879 Papilio hesperus maculatissimus Suffert, 1904 Papilio hesperus f. additionis Strand, 1913 Papilio hesperus f. bukoba Richelmann, 1913 Papilio hesperus ab. dualana Strand, 1914 Papilio hesperus var. kassaiensis Moreau, 1917 Papilio hesperus f. insolitus Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio hesperus f. rufopuncta Stoneham, 1944 Papilio hesperus hesperus ab. lagai Dufrane, 1946 Papilio hesperus hesperus ab. blariauxi Dufrane, 1946 Papilio hesperus hesperus ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946 Papilio hesperus hesperus f. mariae Dufrane, 1953 Papilio hesperus hesperus f. punctata Dufrane, 1953

Papilio hesperus, the black and yellow swallowtail or Hesperus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

The larvae feed on Beilschmiedia species, including Beilschmiedia ugandensis.

Taxonomy

Papilio hesperus is the nominal member of the hesperus species group. The members of the clade are:

• Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
• Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
• Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
• Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896

Subspecies

• Papilio hesperus hesperus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Congo Republic, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)
• Papilio hesperus feae Storace, 1963 (Equatorial Guinea)
• Papilio hesperus sudana Gabriel, 1945 (southern Sudan)

Habitats

Congolian forests and surrounding likk ecoregions.

Ecozone

Afrotropic ecozone.

References

• 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 Papilionidae, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society

External links

• Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.