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

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