"Volta swallowtail" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Papilio zenobia.
Papilio nobicea, the Volta swallowtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Ghana and Togo.[3] The habitat consists of forests in mountainous terrain.
It is a member of the zenobiaspecies 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 butterflies of the genus Amauris. Both sexes lack tails.
Papilio nobicea is very similar to Papilio zenobia but has pure white discal bands with no cream tinge. (Larsen, 2005). In the Global Butterfly Information System nobicea Suffert, 1904 is treated as a junior synonym of Papilio (Druryia) zenobia Fabricius, 1775.
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^ Suffert, E. 1904. Neue afrikanisches Tagfalter aus dem Kon. Zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 17: 12-107.Full text
papilio, nobicea, volta, swallowtail, redirects, here, other, butterfly, with, this, common, name, papilio, zenobia, volta, swallowtail, butterfly, family, papilionidae, found, ghana, togo, habitat, consists, forests, mountainous, terrain, volta, swallowtailsc. Volta swallowtail redirects here For the other butterfly with this common name see Papilio zenobia Papilio nobicea the Volta swallowtail is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae It is found in Ghana and Togo 3 The habitat consists of forests in mountainous terrain Volta swallowtailScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily PapilionidaeGenus PapilioSpecies P nobiceaBinomial namePapilio nobiceaSuffert 1904 1 2 SynonymsPapilio zenobia nobicea Suffert 1904Papilio maesseni Berger 1974 Contents 1 Taxonomy 2 Description 3 See also 4 ReferencesTaxonomy editIt 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 butterflies of the genus Amauris 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 1775Description editPapilio nobicea is very similar to Papilio zenobia but has pure white discal bands with no cream tinge Larsen 2005 In the Global Butterfly Information System nobicea Suffert 1904 is treated as a junior synonym of Papilio Druryia zenobia Fabricius 1775 See also editVolta River River in West AfricaReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Papilio nobicea nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Papilio nobicea Suffert E 1904 Neue afrikanisches Tagfalter aus dem Kon Zool Museum Berlin und meiner Sammlung Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 17 12 107 Full text Papilio Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies File C Papilionidae Tribe Papilionini Archived from the original on 2014 02 22 Retrieved 2012 05 09 nbsp 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 nobicea amp oldid 1218290590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
