Papilio delalandei

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| image = Papiliodelalandei Godart, -1824-Female.JPG

| image_caption = Female

| image2 = PapiliodelalandeiGodart -1824-Male.JPG

| image2_caption = Male

| taxon = Papilio delalandei

| authority = Godart, [1824].Godart, J.-B [1824] Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 81 .[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio], Site of Markku Savela

| synonyms =

  • Papilio lalandei Boisduval, 1836

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Papilio delalandei is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_papilionini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini |access-date=2012-05-09 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060901/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_papilionini.doc |url-status=dead }}

Taxonomy

Papilio delalandei is a member of the dardanus species-group. The

members of the clade are

File:Cream-lined Swallowtail (Papilio delalandei) (31177553808).jpg|Resting

File:Papilio delalandei - Kai Squires - 58953777.jpeg|Upperside

Biogeographic realm

Etymology

The name honours Pierre Antoine Delalande.

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