Papilio rex Oberthür 1886

Papilio rex, the regal swallowtail or king papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.^[3] It is a semi-montane and montane forest (1, 300 m. to 2 600 m.) species. The larvae feed on Teclea tricocarpa, Teclea stuhlmanni, Calodendrum, Citrus, Clausena, Fagara and Toddalia species. In the early morning and late afternoon adults of both sexes descend from the forest canopy to feed from the flowers of Lantana, Impatiens and Bougainvillea. It hilltops on granite outcrops and mud puddles.^[4]

The Kenyan forms mimic Tirumala formosa, the forest monarch butterfly.

Description

The ground colour is black. There are numerous white markings and the base of the forewing is orange brown (sometimes black with a white streak in males).

Taxonomy

Papilio rex 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

• Papilio rex rex (Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), north-eastern Tanzania, central Tanzania)
• Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897^[5] (Congo Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, western Kenya)
• Papilio rex franciscae Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia)^[6]
• Papilio rex alinderi Bryk, 1928^[7] (Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley))
• Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904^[8] (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
• Papilio rex abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995^[9] (highlands of south-eastern Ethiopia)
• Papilio rex regulana Vane-Wright, 1995 (Kenya (highlands east of the Rift Valley))

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.

Papilio rex est une espèce de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Papilionidae. Cette espèce vit en Afrique subsaharienne.

Écologie

Les chenilles se nourrissent de Teclea tricocarpa, T. stuhlmanni, Calodendrum sp., Citrus sp., Clausena sp., Fagara sp., Toddalia sp.

Habitat et répartition

L'espèce est présente en Afrique subsaharienne, mais est absente d'Afrique du Sud. Elle vit dans les forêts montagneuses.

Systématique

L'espèce Papilio rex a été décrite pour la première fois en 1886 par l'entomologiste Charles Oberthür.

Sous-espèces

• P. r. rex : Kenya (est de la vallé du Rift), nord-est de la Tanzanie, centre de la Tanzanie
• P. r. mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 : République du Congo (Ituri, Kivu), Ouganda, Rwanda, Burundi, nord-ouest de la Tanzanie, ouest du Kenya
• P. r. franciscae Carpenter, 1928 : sud du Soudan, sud-ouest de l'Éthiopie
• P. r. commixta Aurivillius, 1908 : Kenya (ouest de la vallée du Rift)
• P. r. schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 : est du Nigeria, Cameroun (hautes terres)
• P. r. abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995 : sud-est de l'Éthiopie (hautes terres)
• P. r. regulana Vane-Wright, 1995

Notes et références

Papilio rex is een vlinder uit de familie van de pages (Papilionidae).^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1866 door Charles Oberthür.

Kenmerken

De spanwijdte bedraagt ongeveer 14 cm.

Verspreiding en leefgebied

Deze vlindersoort komt voor in Nigeria, Kameroen, Soedan, Ethiopië, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Oeganda en Kenia in hooglandbossen.

• Vlinderencyclopedie, (6e druk 2010) Rebo Productions B.V., Lisse. ISBN 978 90 366 2806 8.

Papilio rexlà một loài bướm thuộc họ Papilionidae. Nó được tìm thấy ở Africa.

The Kenyan forms mimic Tirumala formosa.

Ấu trùng ăn Teclea tricocarpa, Teclea stuhlmanni, Calodendrum, Citrus, Clausena, Fagara and Toddalia species.

Phụ loài

• Papilio rex rex (Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), đông bắc Tanzania, central Tanzania)
• Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 (Congo Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, tây bắc Tanzania, western Kenya)
• Papilio rex franciscae Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, tây nam Ethiopia)
• Papilio rex alinderi Bryk, 1928 (Kenya (highlands phía tây of the Rift Valley))
• Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
• Papilio rex abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995 (highlands of tây nam Ethiopia)
• Papilio rex regulana Vane-Wright, 1995 (Kenya (highlands phía đông of the Rift Valley))

Hình ảnh

Chú thích

Tham khảo

• Threatened swallowtail butterflies of the world: the IUCN red data book
• Phương tiện liên quan tới Papilio rex tại Wikimedia Commons

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