- Source: Papilio menestheus
Papilio menestheus, the western emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
The larvae feed on Citrus species and Fagara macrophylla.
Taxonomy
Papilio menestheus is the nominal member of the menestheus species group. The members of the clade are:
Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773
Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
Subspecies
Papilio menestheus menestheus (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
Papilio menestheus canui Gauthier, 1984 (Equatorial Guinea)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Papilio menestheus
- Papilio
- Papilio lormieri
- Papilio ophidicephalus
- List of butterflies of Nigeria
- List of butterflies of Ivory Coast
- List of butterflies of Senegal
- List of butterflies of Ghana
- List of butterflies of Guinea
- List of butterflies of Sierra Leone
