Papilio rex

Papilio rex

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Tribe:	Papilionini
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. rex
Binomial name
*Papilio rex* Oberthür, 1886^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 Papilio schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 Papilio rex var. arnoldi Richelmann, 1909 Papilio abyssinicus Poulton, 1926 Papilio rex f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908 Papilio rexi f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908 Papilio rex var. alinderi f. lindblomi Bryk, 1928 Papilio rex f. intermediata Bryk, 1930 Papilio rex alinderi f. holmi Bryk, 1953 Papilio rex barnsi Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio rex var. regulus Le Cerf, 1919 Papilio rex ab. eisneri Bryk, 1928 Papilio rex f. endymion Stoneham, 1951

Papilio rex, the regal swallowtail or king papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.^[2]

The Kenyan forms mimic Tirumala formosa, the forest monarch butterfly.

The larvae feed on Teclea tricocarpa, Teclea stuhlmanni, Calodendrum, Citrus, Clausena, Fagara and Toddalia species.

Taxonomy

Papilio rex is a member of the dardanus species group. The members of the clade are:

P. r. rex (Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), north-eastern Tanzania, central Tanzania)
P. r. mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 (Congo Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, western Kenya)
P. r. franciscae Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia)
P. r. alinderi Bryk, 1928 (Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley))
P. r. schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
P. r. abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995 (highlands of south-eastern Ethiopia)
P. r. regulana Vane-Wright, 1995 (Kenya (highlands east of the Rift Valley))

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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)
Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6.

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