Papilio microps

Papilio microps is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.[1]

Papilio microps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Papilio
Species:
P. microps
Binomial name
Papilio microps
Storace, 1951
Synonyms
  • Papilio aethiops microps Storace, 1951
  • Papilio aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
  • Papilio aethiops ab. elicola Strand, 1911
  • Papilio aethieps f. oribazoides Carpenter, 1935
  • Papilio aethiops ab. ragazzii Storace, 1952
  • Papilio aethiopsis Hancock, 1983
  • Papilio yildizae Koçak, 1983

Taxonomy

Papilio microps belongs to an Afrotropical clade called the nireus species group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are:

References
  1. Papilio at Funet


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