Papilio cyproeofila, the common white-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria.[1]
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| Papilio cyproeofila in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana, bottom left - upperside and next right - underside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. cyproeofila
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| Binomial name | |
| Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
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The larvae feed on Piper species.
Subspecies
editTaxonomy
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It is a member of the zenobia species group. In the zenobia group the basic upperside wing pattern is black with white or yellowish bands and spots. The underside is brown and basally there is a red area marked with black stripes and spots. In the discal area there is a yellowish band with black stripes and veins. Females resemble Amauris butterflies. Both sexes lack tails.
The clade members are:
- Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
- Papilio fernandus Fruhstorfer, 1903
- Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904
- Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879
- Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881
- Papilio mechowianus Dewitz, 1885
- Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
- Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
Description
editIt is very similar to Papilio gallienus but has cream-white rather than cream-yellow bands and these are not curved on the inner edge [4]
References
edit- ^ Papilio at Funet
- ^ Suffert, F. 1904 Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 17 (1): 103; Full text .
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ Larsen, Torben B., 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-43-9.
External links
edit- swallowtails.net Images
- Global Butterfly Information System Images (as subgenus Druryia)
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