Papilio chrapkowskii

Broad green-banded swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. chrapkowskii
Binomial name
Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904
Synonyms
Papilio bromius var. brontia Strand, 1911 Papilio bromius chrapkowskii ab. obliterata Dufrane, 1946 Papilio bromius chrapkowskii ab. addenda Storace, 1951

Papilio chrapkowskii, the broad green-banded swallowtail or Chrapkowski's green-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[1]

The larvae feed on Teclea species.

Taxonomy

Papilio chrapkowskii belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 13 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of this species Papilio charopus. The clade members are:

• Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897
• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843
• Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904
• Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
• Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939
• Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
• Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
• Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900
• Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961
• Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926

Description

It is smaller than Papilio bromius with the blue band narrower. Submarginal spots on the forewing are below well developed. Hindwing below strongly mottled with silky purplish brown.^[2]

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  in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
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  in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya
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  Suffert's original description (Fig.2)

References

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