Papilio lormieri

Papilio lormieri, the central emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.[1]

Papilio lormieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Papilio
Species:
P. lormieri
Binomial name
Papilio lormieri
Distant, 1874
Synonyms
  • Papilio menestheus v. lormieri ab. bassana Strand, 1913
  • Papilio menestheus var. aureus Moreau, 1917
  • Papilio menestheus lormieri ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio menestheus-lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983
  • Papilio lormieri f. ophidicephaloides Stoneham, 1951
  • Papilio lormieri f. rufopunctata Stoneham, 1951
  • Papilio lormieri crocea Storace, 1955

The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceaea, Teclea species, and Fagara macrophylla.[2]

Taxonomy

Papilio lormieri is a member of the menestheus species group. The members of the clade are:

Subspecies
  • Papilio lormieri lormieri (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan)
  • Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail

References
  1. "Papilio". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
  • 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.


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