Papilio constantinus

Constantine's swallowtail
	Mounted
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. constantinus
Binomial name
	Papilio constantinus; Ward, 1871
Synonyms
	Princeps constantinus; Papilio constantinus f. chrysothemis Stoneham, 1931; Papilio constantinus alticola Le Cerf, 1924; Papilio constantinus monticolus Le Cerf, 1924; Papilio constantinus f. mathieui Dufrane, 1946; Papilio constantinus mweruana f. wittei Berger, 1981;

Papilio constantinus, the Constantine's swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The wingspan is 70–90 mm in males and 80–95 mm in females. Its flight period is during the warmer months peaking from November to February.^[4]

Taxonomy

Papilio constantinus is a member of the dardanus species group. The members of the clade are:

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871 (south-eastern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, southern and north-eastern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, eastern Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini)
Papilio constantinus lecerfi Koçak, 1996^[5] (Kenya: central highlands and the Mau Escarpment)
Papilio constantinus mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927 ^[6] (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania, Zambia)

^ Ward, C. 1871. Description of new species of African diurnal lepidoptera. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 8: 34-36; 58-60; 81-82; 118-122.
^ ^a ^b ^c Papilio, funet.fi
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
^ ^a ^b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
^ Koçak, A.Ö., 1996, "Carcasson's African Butterflies" adlı yayına tamamlayıcı notlar (Lepidoptera). Cent. ent. Stud., Misc. Pap. 27/28: 10-16.
^ Joicey. J. J. & Talbot, G., 1927 New forms of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Encycl. Ent. (B3) 2 (1) : 1-14

Carcasson, R.H. 1960 "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 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)
Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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