| Forest swallowtail | |
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| Illustration accompanying Trimen's description in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1868 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. euphranor |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio euphranor | |
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Papilio euphranor, the forest swallowtail or bush kite, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in southern Africa.
Habitat.Groot River, Western Cape
Papilio euphranor depicted in Seitz
The wingspan is 80–100 mm in males and 90–110 mm in females. It has two flight periods from January to April and September to December.[3]
The larvae feed on Cryptocarya woodii.[2]
Taxonomy
Papilio euphranor is a member of the hesperus species group. The members of the clade are:
- Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
- Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
- Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
- Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896
References
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- ↑ Trimen, R., 1868. On some undescribed species of South African butterflies including a new genus of Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 16(1): 69–96 Full text
- 1 2 Papilio at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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