Papilio lormieri

Papilio lormieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. lormieri
Binomial name
Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
Synonyms
Papilio menestheus v. lormieri ab. bassana Strand, 1913 Papilio menestheus var. aureus Moreau, 1917 Papilio menestheus lormieri ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946 Papilio menestheus-lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 Papilio lormieri f. ophidicephaloides Stoneham, 1951 Papilio lormieri f. rufopunctata Stoneham, 1951 Papilio lormieri crocea Storace, 1955

Papilio lormieri, the central emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.

The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceaea, Teclea species, and Fagara macrophylla.

Taxonomy

Papilio lormieri is a 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 lormieri lormieri (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan)
• Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail

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