Biology:Papilio horribilis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Papilio horribilis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. horribilis
Binomial name
Papilio horribilis
Butler, 1874 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio hermes Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912
  • Papilio hermes var. pellax Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912

Papilio horribilis is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in southern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Ghana.

The larvae possibly feed on Beilschmiedia manni.[3]

Taxonomy

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

Status

The butterfly is not uncommon and not threatened.[4]

See also

  • Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve[5]

References

  1. Butler, A. G., 1874 in Butler, Arthur G and E. W. Janson Lepidoptera exotica, or, Descriptions and illustrations of exotic lepidoptera London E.W. Janson, 1874
  2. Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_papilionini.doc. 
  4. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up. 
  5. Condamin, M. and Roy, R. (1963). Lepidoptera Papilionidae in (ch. 19) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba, fasc. 5. Memoires de I'lnstitut Francois Afrique Noire 66: 415-422.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7132912 entry