- Source: Papilio hesperus
Papilio hesperus, the black and yellow swallowtail or Hesperus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. It is monomorphic, meaning there is only one phenotype in the population of this species. The dorsal and ventral sides of its wings are practically identical due to the wing's translucence.
The larvae feed on Beilschmiedia species, including Beilschmiedia ugandensis.
Taxonomy
Papilio hesperus is the nominal member of the hesperus species group. The members of the clade are:
Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896
Subspecies
Papilio hesperus hesperus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Congo Republic, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)
Papilio hesperus feae Storace, 1963 Equatorial Guinea)
Papilio hesperus sudana Gabriel, 1945 (southern Sudan)
Habitats
Congolian forests and surrounding ecoregions.
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 Papilionidae, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society
External links
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.
Media related to Papilio hesperus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Papilio hesperus at Wikispecies
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Papilio hesperus
- Papilio
- Emperor swallowtail
- List of butterflies of Equatorial Guinea
- Papilio pelodurus
- Papilio horribilis
- Papilio euphranor
- List of butterflies of the Republic of the Congo
- List of butterflies of Nigeria
- List of butterflies of Sudan and South Sudan
