Papilio fuelleborni is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Tanzania and Malawi.[3]

Papilio fuelleborni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Papilio fuelleborni
Synonyms
  • Papilio fülleborni Karsch, 1900
  • Papilio sjöstedti Aurivillius, 1908
  • Papilio sjöstedti var. atavus Le Cerf, 1912
  • Papilio fuelleborni neocesa Kemal & Koçak, 2005

The larvae feed on Clausena species.

Description

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The male is deep black, with a pure white median band, very narrow in forewing, very wide in hindwing. The female is similar to other species of the group but with large white spots on the hindwing, placed at the margin (Carcasson, 1960).

Subspecies

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  • Papilio fuelleborni fuelleborni (eastern and southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
  • Papilio fuelleborni sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908 (northern Tanzania)
  • Papilio fuelleborni atavus Le Cerf, 1912 [4] (northern Tanzania)
  • Papilio fuelleborni rydoni Kielland, 1987 [5] (north-eastern Tanzania)

Taxonomy

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Papilio fuelleborni is a member of the echerioides species-group. This clade includes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karsch, F. 1900 Drei neue Lepidopteren aus Ostafrika gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Fulleborn. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 26: 353-359.
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  3. ^ Papilio at Funet
  4. ^ Le Cerf, F. 1912 Descriptions de Lepidopteres nouveaux d’Afrique orientale (Papilionide).Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912: 336-337.
  5. ^ Kielland, 1987, J. 1987 New taxa of Rhopalocera from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Lambillionea 87 (9-10): 114-126
  • 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