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Papilio hesperus Westwood (1843)

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[Papilio hesperus Westwood]
Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1845: 189-190; pi. 48 (Gold Coast). Condamin and Roy, 1963: 418-419; fig. 2a.
Condamin and Roy (1963) pointed out that this species has been confused with the similar P. horribilis and figure the male valves of each. They record a male taken in December at Zeila, in the Nimba range just within Ivory Coast, and give the distribution of the species
as Ivory Coast to Angola and Uganda. P. Hesperus appears to be rarer than horribilis and though not yet recorded from Liberia, it should be found there.
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Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA
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Papilio hesperus

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Papilio hesperus, the black and yellow swallowtail or Hesperus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

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:

Subspecies

  • Papilio hesperus hesperus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Congo Republic, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia)
  • Papilio hesperus feae Storace, 1963 [4] Equatorial Guinea)
  • Papilio hesperus sudana Gabriel, 1945 [5] (southern Sudan)

Habitats

Congolian forests and surrounding ecoregions.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropical realm.

References

  1. ^ Westwood, J.O. [1842-1843]. Arcana Entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting species 1: iv + 192 pp.
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  3. ^ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  4. ^ Storace, L. 1963 Osservazioni sul Papilio hesperus Westwood Mem. Soc. Ent. Italiana 42 : 98-101
  5. ^ Gabriel, A.G. 1945. Notes on some Papilionidae (Lep. Rhopalocera), with descriptions of five new subspecies. Entomologist 78: 151-152.
  • 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

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Papilio hesperus: Brief Summary

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Papilio hesperus, the black and yellow swallowtail or Hesperus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

The larvae feed on Beilschmiedia species, including Beilschmiedia ugandensis.

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