Papilio epiphorbas
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| image = Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833 Female.JPG
| image_caption = Female
| image2 = Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833 Male.JPG
| image2_caption = Male
| taxon = Papilio epiphorbas
| authority = Boisduval, 1833 Boisduval, J.B. 1833. Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris 2: 149–270. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84601#page/157/mode/1up Full text][http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio], Site of Markku Savela
| synonyms =
- Druryia epiphorbas
- Papilio epiphorbas f. hova Le Cerf, 1924
- Papilio epiphorbas f. oriphorbas Le Cerf, 1924
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Papilio epiphorbas is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.{{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
File:Papilio epiphorbas epiphorbas - Josip Skejo - 70901309.png
Papilio epiphorbas is a member of the oribazus species-group. The clade members are
- Papilio oribazus Boisduval, 1836
- Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833
- Papilio nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
Subspecies
- Papilio epiphorbas epiphorbas (Madagascar)
- Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudi Turlin & Guilbot, 1990Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 Description de deux nouvelles sous-especes de Papilio epiphorbas de l'archipel des Comores Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 94 (7-8) : 213-219 (Anjouan)
- Papilio epiphorbas praedicta Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 (Grand Comore)
References
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- Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae).Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society [https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_101755_theswallowtailbutterfliesofeas1960 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
External links
- [http://en.butterflycorner.net/Papilio-epiphorbas.490.0.html Butterfly corner] Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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Category:Butterflies described in 1833
Category:Lepidoptera of the Comoros
Category:Lepidoptera of Madagascar
Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Category:Butterflies of Africa
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