Papilio interjectana, the Van Someren's green-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Uganda and Kenya.[2]

Van Someren's green-banded swallowtail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. interjectana
Binomial name
Papilio interjectana
Vane-Wright, 1995 [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio interjecta van Someren, 1960 (preocc. Papilio leucothoe var. interjectus Honrath, 1892)

Taxonomy

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Papilio interjectana belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are:

References

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  1. ^ Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995 in Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R., Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: i-xi, 1-803. ISBN 978-0-643-05561-2
  2. ^ Papilio interjectana, Funet.fi