The ground colour is black. The markings are metallic blue. The blue band reaches the hind wing margin in area lb.Seitz- Apex of the forewing produced and the distal margin therefore distinctly excised at the end of veins 5 and 6; forewing beneath with four large yellowish submarginal spots in cellules 1 b—4; the blue median band of the upper surface gradually and very considerably widened posteriorly, so that the spots of cellules 2 and 8 of the hindwing are very long and cover much more than half their cellules; the submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath of the ground-colour and consequently only indicated by their silver rings. — Ashanti to the Cameroons. [4]
Taxonomy
Papilio charopus belongs to a clade called the nireusspecies group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green or blue bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of this species Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are:
^ Le Cerf, 1924 Catalogue annoté des "types" et formes nouvelles des Papilios d'Afrique contenus dans la collection du "Hill Museum" Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3)
^Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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
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papilio, charopus, tailed, green, banded, swallowtail, species, swallowtail, butterfly, from, genus, papilio, that, found, nigeria, cameroon, equatorial, guinea, republic, congo, uganda, rwanda, burundi, tailed, green, banded, swallowtailscientific, classifica. Papilio charopus the tailed green banded swallowtail is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Nigeria Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Republic of the Congo Uganda Rwanda and Burundi 2 Tailed green banded swallowtailScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily PapilionidaeGenus PapilioSpecies P charopusBinomial namePapilio charopusWestwood 1843 1 SynonymsPapilio charopus montuosus Joicey amp Talbot 1927 Contents 1 Subspecies 2 Habitat 3 Status 4 Description 5 Taxonomy 6 ReferencesSubspecies EditPapilio charopus charopus Nigeria Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Bioko Papilio charopus juventus Le Cerf 1924 3 TL Congo Republic Semliki Valley Congo Republic Ituri Kivu western Uganda Rwanda Burundi syn P c montuosus Joicey amp Talbot 1927 Encycl Ent B3 2 1 2 TL Congo Republic N W Kivu Upper Iowa Valley near msisisi 5000 6000ft junior synonym Habitat EditHighland forests Congolian forests Lower Guinean forests Status EditFairly common and not threatened Description EditThe ground colour is black The markings are metallic blue The blue band reaches the hind wing margin in area lb Seitz Apex of the forewing produced and the distal margin therefore distinctly excised at the end of veins 5 and 6 forewing beneath with four large yellowish submarginal spots in cellules 1 b 4 the blue median band of the upper surface gradually and very considerably widened posteriorly so that the spots of cellules 2 and 8 of the hindwing are very long and cover much more than half their cellules the submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath of the ground colour and consequently only indicated by their silver rings Ashanti to the Cameroons 4 Taxonomy EditPapilio charopus belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 15 members The pattern is black with green or blue bands and spots and the butterflies although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of this species Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani The clade members are Papilio aristophontes Oberthur 1897 Papilio nireus Linnaeus 1758 Papilio charopus Westwood 1843 Papilio chitondensis de Sousa amp Fernandes 1966 Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert 1904 Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace 1952 Papilio desmondi van Someren 1939 Papilio hornimani Distant 1879 Papilio interjectana Vane Wright 1995 Papilio manlius Fabricius 1798 Papilio microps Storace 1951 Papilio sosia Rothschild amp Jordan 1903 Papilio thuraui Karsch 1900 Papilio ufipa Carcasson 1961 Papilio wilsoni Rothschild 1926References Edit Westwood J O 1842 1843 Arcana Entomologica or illustrations of new rare and interesting species 1 iv 192 pp Papilio charopus Funet fi Le Cerf 1924 Catalogue annote des types et formes nouvelles des Papilios d Afrique contenus dans la collection du Hill Museum Bull Hill Mus 1 3 Aurivillius P O C 1908 1924 In Seitz A Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13 Abt 2 Die exotischen Grossschmetterlinge Die afrikanischen Tagfalter 1925 613 Seiten 80 Tafeln The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13 Alfred Kernen Verlag Stuttgart This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain 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 This Papilionidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Papilio charopus amp oldid 1068120453, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
