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Checklist for Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Apollos)
and region Central Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
620
12370
61616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
616
12349
61577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
587
12174
60866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
369
9719
53237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
79
3265
17620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
78
3261
17615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
76
3251
17595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
29
2110
13317
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1909
12649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
6
350
3524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
11
125
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Africa
11 Genera with 125 Species
Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1889Pachliopta1SpeciesTaxom
Battus Scopoli, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Druryeia
0SpeciesTaxom
Eurytides Hübner, 1758Kite Swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1884Bluebottles and Jays66SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1913Birdwings1SpeciesTaxom
Pachliopta Reakirt, 0Red-bodied swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1758Chilasa115SpeciesTaxom
Parides Hübner, 1793Cattlehearts5SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1906Apollos2SpeciesTaxom
Protographium Munroe, 19061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Africa
125 Species and 81 Subspecies
Atrophaneura semperi melanotus Staudinger, 1889
Battus belus heteropterus (J. Zikán, 1937)⇒ Battus belus varus Kollar, 1850
Battus zetides Munroe, 1971Zetides Swallowtail
Eurytides protesilaus Linnaeus, 1758
Graphium (Arisbe) adamastor Boisduval, 1836Boisduval's White-lady
Graphium (Arisbe) agamedes Westwood, 1842Glassy Graphium
Graphium (Arisbe) almansor Honrath, 1884Almansor White-lady Swordtail
Graphium almansor almansor Honrath, 1884
Graphium almansor escherichi Gaede, 1915
Graphium almansor uganda Lathy, 1906Uganda White Lady
Graphium (Arisbe) angolanus Goeze, 1779Angola White Lady
Graphium angolanus angolanus Goeze, 1779Southern Angola White Lady
Graphium angolanus baronis Ungemach, 1932Northern Angola White Lady
Graphium (Arisbe) antheus Cramer, 1779Large Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) auriger Butler, 1876Gabon Graphium
Graphium auriger harpagon Grose-Smith, 1890
Graphium auriger odin Strand, 1910
Graphium (Arisbe) aurivilliusi Seeldrayers, 1896Aurivillius' Graphium
Graphium (Arisbe) biokoensis Gauthier, 1984Gauthier's Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) colonna Christopher ..., 1873Black Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) cyrnus Boisduval, 1836Madagascan Graphium
Graphium (Arisbe) fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883Riley's graphium
Graphium fulleri boulleti Le Cerf, 1912
Graphium fulleri fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883
Graphium fulleri ucalegonides Staudinger, 1884
Graphium (Arisbe) gudenusi Rebel, 1911Kigezi Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) hachei (Dewitz, 1881)⇒ Papilio martensi Dewitz, 1881
Graphium hachei hachei Dewitz, 1881
Graphium hachei moebii Suffert, 1904
Graphium (Arisbe) illyris Hewitson, 1872Cream-banded Swordtail
Graphium illyris flavisparsus Fruhstorfer, 1903
Graphium illyris girardeaui Guilbot & Pl..., 1978
Graphium illyris hamatus Joicey & Talbot, 1918
Graphium illyris illyris Hewitson, 1873Western Cream-Banded Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) junodi Trimen, 1893Junod's Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) latreillianus Godart, 1819Coppery Swordtail
Graphium latreillianus latreillianus Godart, 1819
Graphium latreillianus theorini Aurivillius, 1881
Graphium (Arisbe) leonidas Fabricius, 1793Common Graphium
Graphium leonidas leonidas Fabricius, 1793
Graphium leonidas santamarthae Joicey & Talbot, 1927
Graphium leonidas thomasius Le Cerf, 1924
Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco Suffert, 1904Long-tailed Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) morania Angas, 1849Small White-lady Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) olbrechtsi Berger, 1950
Graphium olbrechtsi olbrechtsi Berger, 1950
Graphium olbrechtsi tongoni Berger, 1969
Graphium (Arisbe) philonoe Christopher ..., 1873Eastern Graphium
Graphium (Arisbe) poggianus Honrath, 1884Pogge'S Graphium
Graphium (Arisbe) policenes Cramer, 1775Common Swordtail
Graphium policenes policenes Cramer, 1775
Graphium policenes telloi (Hecq, 1999)⇒ Graphium policenes Cramer, 1775
Graphium (Arisbe) policenoides Holland, 1892Dusky Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889Dancing Swallowtail
Graphium (Arisbe) porthaon Hewitson, 1865Coastal Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) ridleyanus White, 1843Acraea Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) schaffgotschi Niepelt, 1927Schaffgotsch's Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) schubotzi Schultze, 1913Odin'S Graphium
Graphium schubotzi maculata Libert, 2007
Graphium schubotzi schubotzi Schultze, 1913
Graphium (Arisbe) simoni Aurivillius, 1898Simon'S Graphium
Graphium (Arisbe) taboranus Oberthür, 1886Tabora White Lady
Graphium (Arisbe) tynderaeus Fabricius, 1793Electric Green Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) ucalegon Hewitson, 1865Creamy Graphium
Graphium ucalegon fonteinei Berger, 1981
Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni Berger, 1950
Graphium ucalegon ucalegon Hewitson, 1865
Graphium abri Smith & Vane..., 2001
Graphium odin Strand, 1910
Graphium ucalegonides Staudinger, 1884
Ornithoptera haliphron antilochus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)⇒ Troides haliphron Boisduval, 1836
Pachliopta liris liris
Papilio (Druryia) sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908Kilimanjaro Swallowtail
Papilio (Heraclides) androgeus Cramer, 1775Androgeus
Papilio (Heraclides) cresphontes Cramer, 1777Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) aegeus Donovan, 1805Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly
Papilio (Princeps) andronicus Christopher ..., 1871
Papilio (Princeps) antimachus Drury, 1872African Giant Swallowtail
Papilio antimachus antimachus Drury, 1782
Papilio antimachus parva Jackson, 1956
Papilio (Princeps) bromius (Doubleday, 1845)⇒ Nisoniades mimas Cramer, 1775
Papilio bromius bromius Chevrolat, 1836
Papilio (Princeps) charopus Westwood, 1843Tailed Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio charopus montuosus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
Papilio (Princeps) chitondensis Bivar de Sou..., 1966
Papilio (Princeps) chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904Broad Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) constantinus Ward, 1871Constantine's Swallowtail
Papilio constantinus mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
Papilio (Princeps) cynorta Fabricius, 1793Common White Banded Papilio
Papilio (Princeps) cyproeofila Butler, 1868Common White-banded Swallowtail
Papilio cyproeofila praecyola Suffert, 1904
Papilio (Princeps) dardanus (Brown, 1776)⇒ Xanthocastnia evalthe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio dardanus benio Suffert, 1904
Papilio dardanus dardanus Brown, 1776
Papilio dardanus sulfurea Palisot de B..., 1806
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio demodocus demodocus Esper, , 1798
Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758Checkered Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) echerioides Trimen, 1868White-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio echerioides homeyeri Plötz, 1880
Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945Zoroaster Swallowtail
Papilio echerioides nioka Hancock, 1989
Papilio echerioides zoroastres Druce, 1878
Papilio (Princeps) fernandus Fruhstorfer, 1903
Papilio (Princeps) filaprae Suffert, 1904
Papilio filaprae musolanus Hancock, 1988
Papilio (Princeps) gallienus Distant, 1879Narrow-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) hesperus (Westwood, 1843)⇒ Hamanumida daedalus Fabricius, 1775
Papilio hesperus feae Storace, 1963
Papilio hesperus hesperus Westwood, 1843
Papilio (Princeps) jacksoni Sharpe, 1891Jackson's Swallowtail
Papilio jacksoni hecqui Berger, 1954
Papilio jacksoni ruandana Le Cerf, 1924
Papilio (Princeps) leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908Cream-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) lormieri Distant, 1874Central Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio lormieri lormieri Distant, 1874
Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
Papilio (Princeps) mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891MacKinnon's Swallowtail
Papilio mackinnoni benguellae Jordan, 1908
Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891
Papilio mackinnoni theodori Riley, 1921
Papilio (Princeps) mechowi Dewitz, 1881
Papilio mechowi mechowi Dewitz, 1881
Papilio (Princeps) mechowianus Dewitz, 1885
Papilio (Princeps) menestheus Drury, 1773Western Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio menestheus canui (Gauthier, 1984)⇒ Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773
Papilio (Princeps) microps Storace, 1951
Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758African Blue-banded Swallowtail
Papilio nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Princeps) nobilis (Rogenhofer, 1891)⇒ Myscelus nobilis Cramer, 1777
Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
Papilio (Princeps) ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) oribazus Boisduval, 1836
Papilio (Princeps) phorcas Cramer, 1775Apple-green Swallowtail
Papilio phorcas bardamu Canu, 1994
Papilio phorcas congoanus (Rothschild, 1896)⇒ Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898Mountain Mimetic Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) rex Oberthür, 1866King Papilio
Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904
Papilio (Princeps) sosia Rothschild &..., 1905Medium Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio sosia pulchra Berger, 1950
Papilio sosia sosia Rothschild &..., 1903
Papilio (Princeps) thuraui Karsch, 1900
Papilio thuraui occidua Storace, 1951
Papilio (Princeps) zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) zenobia Fabricius, 1875Volta Swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) troilus Linnaeus, 1758Blue swallowtail
Papilio agamedes (Westwood, 1842)⇒ Graphium agamedes Westwood, 1842
Papilio almansor (Honrath, 1884)⇒ Graphium almansor Honrath, 1884
Papilio althea (Cramer, 1776)⇒ Cymothoe amphicede Cramer, 1779
Papilio aurora (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Colias heos Herbst, 1792
Papilio babaulti (Rebel, 1911)⇒ Graphium gudenusi Rebel, 1911
Papilio chionicus (Ward, 1871)⇒ Papilio andronicus Christopher ..., 1871
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio chrapkowskoides chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
Papilio chrapkowskoides nerminae Koçak, 1983
Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
Papilio cinereus Schultze, 1913
Papilio cyparissa (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Euphaedra cyparissa Cramer, 1776
Papilio delius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906
Papilio erinus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Candalides erinus Fabricius, 1775
Papilio euchenor naucles Rothschild, 1908
Papilio foersterius (Grose-Smith, 1883)⇒ Graphium fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883
Papilio fulleri
Papilio horatius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Charaxes anticlea Drury, 1782
Papilio humbloti Oberthür, 1888
Papilio jason gyndes (Fruhstorfer, 1907)⇒ Graphium doson Felder, 1864
Papilio leo Gmelin, 1790
Papilio martensi Dewitz, 1881
Papilio mechovianus Dewitz, 1885
Papilio mechowiana Dewitz, 1885
Papilio merope (Cramer, 1777)⇒ Heteronympha merope Fabricius, 1775
Papilio moebii (Dewitz, 1881)⇒ Papilio martensi Dewitz, 1881
Papilio nerminae Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio nubiger Fruhstorfer, 1895
Papilio odin (Schultze, 1913)⇒ Graphium schubotzi Schultze, 1913
Papilio polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)⇒ Graphium polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889
Papilio pollux (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Charaxes pollux Cramer, 1775
Papilio polycaon (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Megarhyssa nortoni Cresson, 1864
Papilio rhetenor leucocelis Jordan, 1909
Papilio rumanzowius spinturnix (Fruhstorfer, 1909)⇒ Papilio rumanzovia Eschscholtz, 1821
Papilio sanganoides (Grose-Smith, 1883)⇒ Graphium fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883
Papilio sanganus (Grose-Smith, 1883)⇒ Graphium fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883
Papilio ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)⇒ Graphium ucalegon Hewitson, 1865
Papilio zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acraea zetes Linnaeus, 1758
Parides aeneas Linnaeus, 1758
Parides aeneas aeneas (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Parides aeneas bolivar Hewitson, 1850
Parides aeneas locris Rothschild &..., 1906
Parides anchises Linnaeus, 1758Anchises Cattleheart
Parides tros Fabricius, 1793
Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916
Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906
Protographium dioxippus diores Rothschild &..., 1906

Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in Central Africa
SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
9
123
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Papilionidae (Latreille 1802)
Papilionidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
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