Papilio pelodurus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. pelodurus
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| Papilio pelodurus | |
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The larvae feed on Cryptocarya liebertiana and Ocotea usambarensis.[3]
Taxonomy
editPapilio pelodurus is a member of the hesperus species-group. The members of the clade are
- Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
- Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
- Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
- Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896
Subspecies
edit- Papilio pelodurus pelodurus (highland forest of Malawi)
- Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924[4] (eastern and southern Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Papilio at Funet
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- ^ Le Cerf, F. 1924 Catalogue annote des “types” et formes nouvelles des Papilios d’Afrique contenus dans la collection du “Hill Museum”. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Wiley
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