Papilio saharae, the Sahara swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in North Africa and Arabia.
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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. saharae
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| Binomial name | |
| Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879
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Biology
editThe larva feeds on Deverra chloranthus, Deverra scopularia, Seseli varium, Ferula communis and Pycnocyla glauca.
Subspecies
edit- Papilio saharae saharae (North Africa, Arabia)
- Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932 (Yemen, south-western Saudi Arabia)
- Papilio saharae aferpilaggi Cassar & Catania (Lampedusa Island)
References
edit- Pittaway, A. R., Larsen, T. B., Clarke, C. A., Smith, C. R., Crnjar, R. & Clarke, F. M. M. 1994. Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879, specifically distinct from Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomologist's Gazette 45: 223–249.
- Cassar L.F., Catania A., Cotton A., ""A new subspecies of Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Lampedusa, Italy" Zootaxa 5231 (1): 065–078 (2023).
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