Checklist of Family Papilionidae Latreille, 1802 (Apollos)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 62
1218
2857 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 62
1217
2856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 60
1214
2851 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 23
675
1624 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 19
618
1486 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 6
153
356 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Papilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails | 7
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
7 Genera with 17 Species
Species list for Namibia
17 Species and 8 Subspecies | Atrophaneura semperi melanotus Staudinger, 1889 | | | Battus zetides Munroe, 1971 | Zetides Swallowtail | | Eurytides serville acritus Rothschild &..., 1906 | | | Graphium (Arisbe) angolanus Goeze, 1779 | Angola White Lady | | Graphium (Arisbe) antheus Cramer, 1779 | Large Striped Swordtail | | Graphium (Arisbe) leonidas Fabricius, 1793 | Common Graphium | | Graphium (Arisbe) porthaon Hewitson, 1865 | Coastal Swordtail | | Graphium (Arisbe) schaffgotschi Niepelt, 1927 | Schaffgotsch's Swordtail | | Pachliopta liris liris | | | Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758 | 'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail | | Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798 | African lime swallowtail | | Papilio helenus orosius (Fruhstorfer, 1908) | ⇒ Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758 | African Blue-banded Swallowtail | | Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845 | Narrow Green-Banded Swallowtail | | Papilio ascalaphus ascalaphus Boisduval, 1836 | | | Papilio rhetenor leucocelis Jordan, 1909 | | | Papilio zetes (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Acraea zetes Linnaeus, 1758 | | Protographium dioxippus diores Rothschild &..., 1906 | |
Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in Namibia
 | | Papilionidae (Latreille 1802) |
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