• Source: Papilio constantinus

Papilio constantinus, the Constantine's swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The wingspan is 70–90 mm in males and 80–95 mm in females. Its flight period is during the warmer months peaking from November to February.
The larvae feed on Vepris Reflexi, Vepris lanceolata, Vepris undulata, Clausena species, Citrus species, Teclea trifoliatum, Teclea nobilis, and Teclea gerrardii.




Taxonomy


Papilio constantinus is a member of the dardanus species group. The members of the clade are:

Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
Papilio delalandei Godart, [1824]
Papilio phorcas Cramer, [1775]
Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886




Subspecies



Listed alphabetically:

Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871 (south-eastern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southern and north-eastern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, eastern Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini)
Papilio constantinus lecerfi Koçak, 1996 (Kenya: central highlands and the Mau Escarpment)
Papilio constantinus mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania, Zambia)




Biogeographic realm


Afrotropical realm.




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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.




External links


Media related to Papilio constantinus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Papilio constantinus at Wikispecies
Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

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• Papilio constantinus
• Papilio
• Papilio dardanus
• Papilio delalandei
• List of butterflies of South Africa
• Papilio phorcas
• Papilio rex
• Swallowtail butterfly
• List of butterflies of Kenya
• List of butterflies of Zambia