Papilio chitondensis is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Angola.[2]

Papilio chitondensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. chitondensis
Binomial name
Papilio chitondensis
Bivar de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966 [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio nireus chitondensis Bivar de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966

Taxonomy

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Papilio chitondensis belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails, lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are:

References

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  1. ^ Bivar de Sousa, A. & Fernandes, J. DE A. 1966. Contribuiçao para o conhecimento dos Lepidopteros de Angola Papilionidae (2.a Nota). Arquivos do Museu Bocage (2) 1 (10): 161-169.
  2. ^ "Papilio". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-26.