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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
49
1354
4084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
944
3149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
898
3067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
5
207
1237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
5
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
5 Genera with 46 Species
Battus Scopoli, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1950Bluebottles and Jays26SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1758Chilasa30SpeciesTaxom
Parides Hübner, 1793Cattlehearts1SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1906Apollos1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
46 Species and 14 Subspecies
Battus zetides Munroe, 1971Zetides Swallowtail
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 carchedonius Karsch, 1895
Graphium (Arisbe) angolanus Goeze, 1779Angola White Lady
Graphium angolanus baronis Ungemach, 1932Northern Angola White Lady
Graphium (Arisbe) antheus Cramer, 1779Large Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883Riley's graphium
Graphium fulleri rileyi Berger, 1950
Graphium (Arisbe) illyris Hewitson, 1872Cream-banded Swordtail
Graphium illyris illyris Hewitson, 1873Western Cream-Banded Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) latreillianus Godart, 1819Coppery Swordtail
Graphium latreillianus latreillianus Godart, 1819
Graphium (Arisbe) leonidas Fabricius, 1793Common Graphium
Graphium leonidas leonidas Fabricius, 1793
Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco Suffert, 1904Long-tailed Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) policenes Cramer, 1775Common Swordtail
Graphium policenes policenes Cramer, 1775
Graphium (Arisbe) policenoides Holland, 1892Dusky Swordtail
Graphium policenoides liponesco
Graphium (Arisbe) tynderaeus Fabricius, 1793Electric Green Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) ucalegon Hewitson, 1865Creamy Graphium
Graphium ucalegon rileyi Berger, 1950
Graphium ucalegon ucalegon Hewitson, 1865
Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950Riley´s Graphium
Papilio (Princeps) antimachus Drury, 1872African Giant Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) bromius (Doubleday, 1845)⇒ Nisoniades mimas Cramer, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904Broad Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) cynorta Fabricius, 1793Common White Banded Papilio
Papilio (Princeps) cyproeofila Butler, 1868Common White-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) dardanus (Brown, 1776)⇒ Xanthocastnia evalthe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) horribilis Butler, 1874
Papilio (Princeps) maesseni (Suffert, 1904)⇒ Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
Papilio (Princeps) menestheus Drury, 1773Western Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) microps Storace, 1951
Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758African Blue-banded Swallowtail
Papilio nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Princeps) phorcas Cramer, 1775Apple-green Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) sosia Rothschild &..., 1905Medium Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) zenobia Fabricius, 1875Volta Swallowtail
Papilio agamedes (Westwood, 1842)⇒ Graphium agamedes Westwood, 1842
Papilio almansor (Honrath, 1884)⇒ Graphium almansor Honrath, 1884
Papilio aurora (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Colias heos Herbst, 1792
Papilio boolae (Suffert, 1904)⇒ Graphium liponesco Suffert, 1904
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio chrapkowskoides nurettini Koçak, 1983
Papilio cyparissa (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Euphaedra cyparissa Cramer, 1776
Papilio delius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906
Papilio horatius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Charaxes anticlea Drury, 1782
Papilio nerminae Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904Volta Swallowtail
Papilio pollux (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Charaxes pollux Cramer, 1775
Papilio zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acraea zetes Linnaeus, 1758
Parides tros Fabricius, 1793
Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906

Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in Ghana
SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
4
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Papilionidae (Latreille 1802)
Papilionidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Papilionidae at artfakta.se
Papilionidae at dyntaxa.se
Papilionidae at gbif.org
Papilionidae at irmng.org
Papilionidae at itis.gov