Papilio lormieri
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| taxon = Papilio lormieri
| authority = Distant, 1874 Distant, W.L. 1874. Description of a new Papilio from Madagascar [error French West Africa]. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 11: 129-130.
| synonyms =
- Papilio menestheus v. lormieri ab. bassana Strand, 1913
- Papilio menestheus var. aureus Moreau, 1917
- Papilio menestheus lormieri ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio menestheus-lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
- Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983
- Papilio lormieri f. ophidicephaloides Stoneham, 1951
- Papilio lormieri f. rufopunctata Stoneham, 1951
- Papilio lormieri crocea Storace, 1955
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Papilio lormieri, the central emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html|title=Papilio|website=www.nic.funet.fi|access-date=2017-07-26}}
The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceae species, and Fagara macrophylla.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_papilionini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini |access-date=2012-05-10 |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 lormieri is a member of the menestheus species group. The members of the clade are:
- Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773
- Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
- Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
Subspecies
- Papilio lormieri lormieri (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan)
- Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924Le Cerf, F. 1924. Catalogue annote des “types” et formes nouvelles des Papilios d’Afrique contenus dans la collection du Hill Museum. ''Bulletin of the Hill Museum Wiley 1: 369- 399; 576; 578; 580; 582; 584. (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 Koçak, A.Ö., 1983-1986, More notes on the homonymy of the specific names of Lepidoptera. Cent. ent. Stud., Priamus
2 (1983) (4): (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail
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)
- {{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |year=1985 |publisher=IUCN |location=Gland & Cambridge |isbn=978-2-88032-603-6 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
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Category:Butterflies described in 1874
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by William Lucas Distant
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