Papilio nobilis

Papilio nobilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. nobilis
Binomial name
	Papilio nobilis; Rogenhofer, 1891
Synonyms
	Princeps nobilis; Papilio pringlei Sharpe, 1894; Papilio nobilis f. mariabonaparte Bryk, 1929; Papilio nobilis f. nobilissima Bryk, 1929; Papilio nobilis pallidus Stoneham, 1931; Papilio nobilis ab. josetta Smart, 1976; Papilio nobilis leroyi Berger, 1950;

Papilio nobilis, the noble swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

The larvae feed on Warburgia ugandensis.

Taxonomy

Papilio nobilis is a member of the oribazus species group. The clade members are:

Papilio nobilis nobilis (highlands of Kenya, Lake Victoria, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
Papilio nobilis didingensis Carpenter, 1928 ^[4] (southern Sudan)
Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936 .^[5] (Congo Republic, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990^[6] (western Tanzania)

^ Rogenhofer, 1891 Diagnosen neuer Schmetterlinge des K.K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 41: 563- 566.
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
^ Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
^ Carpenter, 1928. Two collections of butterflies from the S.E. corner of the Sudan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76: 25-54.
^ Stoneham, H.F. 1936d. Description of a new butterfly of the genus Papilio from western Uganda Protectorate. Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (30): 2 pp.
^ Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363

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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