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Papilio pelodurus

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Papilio pelodurus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

The larvae feed on Cryptocarya liebertiana and Ocotea usambarensis.[3]

Taxonomy

Papilio pelodurus is a member of the hesperus species-group. The members of the clade are

Subspecies

  • Papilio pelodurus pelodurus (highland forest of Malawi)
  • Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924[4] (eastern and southern Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi)

References

  1. ^ Butler, A. G., . 1896 On a small collection of butterflies made by Consul Alfred Sharpe at Zomba, British Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895: 720-721.
  2. ^ Papilio at Funet
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  4. ^ Le Cerf, F. 1924 Catalogue annote des “types” et formes nouvelles des Papilios d’Afrique contenus dans la collection du “Hill Museum”. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Wiley
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Papilio pelodurus: Brief Summary

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Papilio pelodurus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.

The larvae feed on Cryptocarya liebertiana and Ocotea usambarensis.

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