Papilio nobilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. nobilis
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Papilio nobilis, the noble swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.
The larvae feed on Warburgia ugandensis.
Taxonomy
[edit]Papilio nobilis is a member of the oribazus species group. The clade members are:
- Papilio oribazus Boisduval, 1836
- Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833
- Papilio nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
Subspecies
[edit]- Papilio nobilis nobilis (highlands of Kenya, Lake Victoria, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Papilio nobilis didingensis Carpenter, 1928 [4] (southern Sudan)
- Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936 .[5] (Congo Republic, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990[6] (western Tanzania)
References
[edit]- ^ Rogenhofer, 1891 Diagnosen neuer Schmetterlinge des K.K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 41: 563- 566.
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Carpenter, 1928. Two collections of butterflies from the S.E. corner of the Sudan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76: 25-54.
- ^ Stoneham, H.F. 1936d. Description of a new butterfly of the genus Papilio from western Uganda Protectorate. Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (30): 2 pp.
- ^ Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363
External links
[edit]- 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.
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