Species of butterfly
Emperor swallowtail
P. o. transvaalensis van Son, 1939
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Papilio
Species:
P. ophidicephalus
Binomial name
Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Papilio ophidicephalus chirinda var. barnesi van Son, 1939
Papilio ophidicephalus emperor swallowtail , is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The wingspan is 90–110 mm in males and 100–120 mm in females. It has two broods, one from August to December and the second from January to April.[3]
The larvae feed on Clausena inqequalis , Calodendrum capense , Citrus species, Clausena anisata , Zanthoxylum capense and other Zanthoxylum species.[2]
^ Oberthür, C. 1878 Etudes d'Entomologie 3: 13 Full text .
^ a b Papilio at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7 .
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Papilio ophidicephalus , the emperor swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The wingspan is 90–110 mm...
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1874 – central emperor swallowtail Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773 – western emperor swallowtail Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 – emperor swallowtail...
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swallowtails such as the emperor swallowtail (Papilio ophidicephalus ) and the citrus swallowtail (Papilio demodocus) and the forest undergrowth in particular...
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1874 Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 Papilio lormieri lormieri (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan) Papilio lormieri...
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menestheus Drury, 1773 Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874 Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 Papilio menestheus menestheus (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea...
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species of butterflies in the genus Papilio : Papilio hesperus, endemic to tropical Africa Papilio ophidicephalus , endemic to tropical Africa, parts of...
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Papilio erithonioides is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Madagascar. The habitat consists of forests. Expanse...
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porthaon Papilio constantinus Papilio dardanus Papilio demodocus Papilio echerioides Papilio euphranor Papilio nireus Papilio ophidicephalus Graphium...
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1880 Papilio jacksoni nyika Cottrell, 1963 Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio ophidicephalus ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 Papilio ophidicephalus...
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Papilio pelodurus pelodurus Butler, 1896 Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Gifford, 1961 Papilio ophidicephalus niassicola...
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Cerf, 1924 Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 Papilio leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908 Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891 Papilio mackinnoni theodori...
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demodocus Esper, [1798] Papilio echerioides chirindanus van Son, 1956 Papilio ophidicephalus chirinda van Son, 1939 Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium...
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demodocus Esper, [1798] Papilio echerioides chirindanus van Son, 1956 Papilio ophidicephalus chirinda van Son, 1939 Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779) Graphium...
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Rogenhofer, 1891 Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936 Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874 Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878 Papilio phorcas roscoei...
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Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843 Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio ophidicephalus ophidicephalus ...
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Esper, [1798] Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868 Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868 Papilio ophidicephalus ayresi van Son, 1939 Graphium antheus (Cramer, 1779)...
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