Papilio nireus

"Green-banded swallowtail" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Papilio phorcas.
Green-banded swallowtail
both P. n. lyaeus
Semliki Wildlife Reserve' Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Druryia
Species: P. nireus
Binomial name
Papilio nireus
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio erinus Gray, [1853]
  • Papilio nireus f. nora Strand, 1915
  • Papilio nireus f. dimidiatus Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio nireoides Braun, 1932
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. bedoci Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. punctata Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. seeldrayersi Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. pierardi Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. falcata Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus f. houzeaui Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus f. tenuivittata Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus var. xerophila Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus micronireus Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus ab. lyaeoides Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus nireus f. cedeae Sala, 1992
  • Papilio lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
  • Papilio lyaeus aelyus Suffert, 1904
  • Papilio mantitheus Ehrmann, 1920
  • Papilio nireus-lyaeus f. callistria Le Cerf, 1927
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. pseudonireoides Storace, 1952
  • Papilio donaldsoni Sharpe, 1896
  • Papilio nireus var. abyssinica Cannaviello, 1900
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. pseudolyaeus Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. anticemaculata Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. minor Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. semivittata Storace, 1952

Papilio nireus, the green-banded swallowtail, narrow-banded blue swallowtail, or African blue-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The wingspan is 75–90 millimetres (3.0–3.5 in) in males and 85–95 mm (3.3–3.7 in) in females. It flies year round, with peaks from November to February.[2]

The larvae feed on Calodendrum capense, Teclea species, Vepris species, and Citrus species.[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]


Taxonomy

Papilio nireus 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 Papilio charopus. The clade members are:

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Papilio nireus, funet.fi
  2. Woodhall, S. (2005) Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, p.352

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