Papilio pelodurus

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| image = PapiloPelodoruspage.jpg

| image_caption = Illustration in Butler's original description in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

| taxon = Papilio pelodurus

| authority = Butler, 1896 Butler, A. G., . 1896 On a small collection of butterflies made by Consul Alfred Sharpe at Zomba, British Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895: 720-721.

| synonyms =

• Papilio pelodurus pelodurus f.indiv. lyrus Le Cerf, 1924
• Papilio pelodurus pelodurus f.indiv. extensus Le Cerf, 1924
• Papilio pelodurus ab. histricus Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912
• Papilio pelodurus vesper f.indiv. excedens Le Cerf, 1924

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Papilio pelodurus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio at Funet]

The larvae feed on Cryptocarya liebertiana and Ocotea usambarensis.{{cite web|url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/papilionidae_papilionini.doc|title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini|publisher=|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}}