Papilio microps

Papilio microps is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.

Papilio microps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. microps
Binomial name
Papilio microps Storace, 1951
Synonyms
Papilio aethiops microps Storace, 1951 Papilio aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 Papilio aethiops ab. elicola Strand, 1911 Papilio aethieps f. oribazoides Carpenter, 1935 Papilio aethiops ab. ragazzii Storace, 1952 Papilio aethiopsis Hancock, 1983 Papilio yildizae Koçak, 1983

Taxonomy

Papilio microps belongs to an Afrotropical 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:

• Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897
• Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843
• Papilio chitondensis de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966
• Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904
• Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
• Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939
• Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
• Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
• Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
• Papilio microps Storace, 1951
• Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900
• Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961
• Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926