Biology:Papilio epiphorbas

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Papilio epiphorbas
Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833 Female.JPG
Female
Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833 Male.JPG
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. epiphorbas
Binomial name
Papilio epiphorbas
Boisduval, 1833 [1] Full text[2]
Synonyms
  • Druryia epiphorbas
  • Papilio epiphorbas f. hova Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio epiphorbas f. oriphorbas Le Cerf, 1924

Papilio epiphorbas is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.[3]

Taxonomy

Papilio epiphorbas is a member of the oribazus species-group. The clade members are

Subspecies

  • Papilio epiphorbas epiphorbas (Madagascar)
  • Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudi Turlin & Guilbot, 1990[4] (Anjouan)
  • Papilio epiphorbas praedicta Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 (Grand Comore)

References

  1. Boisduval, J.B. 1833. Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris 2: 149–270.
  2. Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_papilionini.doc. 
  4. Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 Description de deux nouvelles sous-especes de Papilio epiphorbas de l'archipel des Comores Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 94 (7-8) : 213-219
  • 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q9198878 entry