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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
2085
8072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
2082
8068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
2074
8045
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
27
1450
6414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
22
1328
6123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
6
271
1893
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
8
78
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
8 Genera with 78 Species
Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1889Pachliopta1SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1902Bluebottles and Jays40SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1913Birdwings1SpeciesTaxom
Pachliopta Reakirt, 0Red-bodied swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1865Chilasa98SpeciesTaxom
Parides Hübner, 1793Cattlehearts3SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1906Apollos3SpeciesTaxom
Protographium Munroe, 19061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
78 Species and 83 Subspecies
Atrophaneura semperi melanotus Staudinger, 1889
Graphium (Arisbe) almansor Honrath, 1884Almansor White-lady Swordtail
Graphium almansor almansor Honrath, 1884
Graphium almansor carcedonius Karsch, 1895
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) colonna Christopher ..., 1873Black Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883Riley's graphium
Graphium fulleri ucalegonides Staudinger, 1884
Graphium (Arisbe) illyris Hewitson, 1872Cream-banded Swordtail
Graphium illyris hamatus Joicey & Talbot, 1918
Graphium (Arisbe) junodi Trimen, 1893Junod's Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) kigoma Carcasson, 1964Kigoma Graphium
Graphium kigoma kigoma Carcasson, 1964
Graphium (Arisbe) kirbyi Hewitson, 1872Kirby's Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) latreillianus Godart, 1819Coppery Swordtail
Graphium latreillianus theorini Aurivillius, 1881
Graphium (Arisbe) leonidas Fabricius, 1793Common Graphium
Graphium leonidas leonidas Fabricius, 1793
Graphium leonidas pelopidas Oberthür, 1879
Graphium leonidas zanzibaricus (Kielland, 1990)⇒ Graphium leonidas Fabricius, 1793
Graphium (Arisbe) morania Angas, 1849Small White-lady Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) philonoe Christopher ..., 1873Eastern Graphium
Graphium philonoe philonoe Ward, 1873
Graphium (Arisbe) poggianus Honrath, 1884Pogge'S Graphium
Graphium poggianus kigoma Carcasson, 1964
Graphium (Arisbe) policenes Cramer, 1775Common Swordtail
Graphium policenes policenes Cramer, 1775
Graphium (Arisbe) polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889Dancing Swallowtail
Graphium (Arisbe) porthaon Hewitson, 1865Coastal Swordtail
Graphium porthaon porthaon Hewitson, 1865
Graphium porthaon tanganyikae Kielland, 1978
Graphium (Arisbe) ridleyanus White, 1843Acraea Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) taboranus Oberthür, 1886Tabora White Lady
Graphium (Arisbe) tynderaeus Fabricius, 1793Electric Green Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) ucalegon Hewitson, 1865Creamy Graphium
Graphium ucalegon schoutedeni Berger, 1950
Graphium megarus megapenthes Fruhstorfer, 1902Spotted Zebra
Ornithoptera haliphron antilochus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)⇒ Troides haliphron Boisduval, 1836
Pachliopta liris liris
Papilio fuelleborni fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
Papilio fuelleborni neocesa Kemal & Koçak, 2005
Papilio fuelleborni rydoni Kielland, 1987
Papilio fuelleborni sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908
Papilio (Druryia) sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908Kilimanjaro Swallowtail
Papilio sjoestedti atavus Cerf, 1912
Papilio sjoestedti sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908
Papilio (Princeps) antimachus Drury, 1872African Giant Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) bromius (Doubleday, 1845)⇒ Nisoniades mimas Cramer, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) charopus Westwood, 1843Tailed Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904Broad Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) constantinus Ward, 1871Constantine's Swallowtail
Papilio constantinus constantinus Ward, 1871
Papilio constantinus mweruanus Joicey & Talbot, 1927
Papilio (Princeps) cynorta Fabricius, 1793Common White Banded Papilio
Papilio (Princeps) dardanus (Brown, 1776)⇒ Xanthocastnia evalthe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio dardanus benio Suffert, 1904
Papilio dardanus meseres Carpenter, 1948
Papilio dardanus tibullus Kirby, 1880
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio demodocus docusdemo (Suffert, 1904)⇒ Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798
Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758Checkered Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) desmondi Van Someren, 1939Desmond's Green-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio desmondi magdae Gifford, 1961
Papilio desmondi usambaraensis Koçak, 1980
Papilio (Princeps) echerioides Trimen, 1868White-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio echerioides ambangulu (Clifton & Co..., 1997)⇒ Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868
Papilio echerioides homeyeri Plötz, 1880
Papilio echerioides joiceyi Gabriel, 1945Zoroaster Swallowtail
Papilio echerioides kiellandi (Clifton & Co..., 1997)⇒ Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868
Papilio echerioides pseudowertheri (Kielland, 1990)⇒ Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868
Papilio echerioides wertheri (Karsch, 1898)⇒ Papilio epenetus Hewitson, 1861
Papilio (Princeps) fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
Papilio fuelleborni fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
Papilio fuelleborni rydoni Kielland, 1987
Papilio (Princeps) hesperus (Westwood, 1843)⇒ Hamanumida daedalus Fabricius, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) hornimani Distant, 1879Horniman's Swallowtail
Papilio hornimani hornimani Distant, 1879
Papilio hornimani mbulu (Kielland, 1990)⇒ Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
Papilio hornimani mwanihanae Kielland, 1987
Papilio hornimanni hornimanni Distant, 1879
Papilio hornimanni mbulu Kielland, 1990
Papilio hornimanni mwanihanae Kielland, 1987
Papilio (Princeps) jacksoni Sharpe, 1891Jackson's Swallowtail
Papilio jacksoni kungwe Cottrell, 1963
Papilio (Princeps) lormieri Distant, 1874Central Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924
Papilio (Princeps) mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891MacKinnon's Swallowtail
Papilio mackinnoni isokae Hancock, 1984
Papilio mackinnoni mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891
Papilio mackinnoni mpwapwana (Kielland, 1990)⇒ Papilio mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891
Papilio mackinnoni reductofascia Kielland, 1990
Papilio (Princeps) menestheus Drury, 1773Western Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) nireus Linnaeus, 1758African Blue-banded Swallowtail
Papilio nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845Narrow Green-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Princeps) nobilis (Rogenhofer, 1891)⇒ Myscelus nobilis Cramer, 1777
Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936
Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990
Papilio nobilis nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
Papilio (Princeps) ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio ophidicephalus mkuwadzi Gifford, 1961
Papilio ophidicephalus ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
Papilio (Princeps) oribazus Boisduval, 1836
Papilio (Princeps) pelodurus Butler, 1896Eastern Bush Kite Swallowtail
Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924
Papilio (Princeps) phorcas Cramer, 1775Apple-green Swallowtail
Papilio phorcas ansorgei (Rothschild, 1896)⇒ Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
Papilio phorcas congoanus (Rothschild, 1896)⇒ Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
Papilio phorcas nyikanus Rothschild &..., 1903
Papilio phorcas tenuifasciatus (Kielland, 1990)⇒ Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) rex Oberthür, 1866King Papilio
Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
Papilio rex rex Oberthür, 1886
Papilio (Princeps) sosia Rothschild &..., 1905Medium Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio sosia debilis Storace, 1951
Papilio (Princeps) thuraui Karsch, 1900
Papilio thuraui cyclopis Rothschild &..., 1903
Papilio thuraui ngorongoro Hancock, 1984
Papilio thuraui thuraui Karsch, 1900
Papilio (Princeps) ufipa Carcasson, 1961
Papilio (Princeps) zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio almansor (Honrath, 1884)⇒ Graphium almansor Honrath, 1884
Papilio ascalaphus ascalaphus Boisduval, 1836
Papilio aurora (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Colias heos Herbst, 1792
Papilio brontes (Van Someren, 1939)⇒ Autochton zarex Hübner, 1818
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio chrapkowskoides chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
Papilio delius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906
Papilio dialis Leech, 1893Black-crested Spangle
Papilio diophantus Grose-Smith, 1883
Papilio horatius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Charaxes anticlea Drury, 1782
Papilio nerminae Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)⇒ Graphium polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889
Papilio pollux (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Charaxes pollux Cramer, 1775
Papilio rhetenor leucocelis Jordan, 1909
Papilio rumanzowius spinturnix (Fruhstorfer, 1909)⇒ Papilio rumanzovia Eschscholtz, 1821
Papilio ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)⇒ Graphium ucalegon Hewitson, 1865
Parides aeneas locris Rothschild &..., 1906
Parides lysander phrynichus (C. Felder & ..., 1864)⇒ Parides lysander brissonius Hübner, 1819
Parides tros Fabricius, 1793
Parnassius (Driopa) mnemosyne Linnaeus, 1758Clouded Apollo
Parnassius mnemosyne argiope Fruhstorfer, 1916
Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906
Protographium dioxippus diores Rothschild &..., 1906

Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
7
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
1
2
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