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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3730
13310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3727
13306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3725
13304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
2482
9917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
2292
9415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
6
401
2450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPapilionidae
Latreille, 1802
Apollos, Parnassian Butterflies, Parnassians, Swallotails
14
106
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
14 Genera with 106 Species
Atrophaneura Reakirt, 1889Pachliopta2SpeciesTaxom
Battus Scopoli, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Eurytides Hübner, 1906Kite Swallowtails2SpeciesTaxom
Graphium Scopoli, 1861Bluebottles and Jays49SpeciesTaxom
Iphiclides Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Mimoides Brown, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1758Birdwings1SpeciesTaxom
Pachliopta Reakirt, 0Red-bodied swallowtails1SpeciesTaxom
Papilio Linnaeus, 1758Chilasa74SpeciesTaxom
Parides Hübner, 1793Cattlehearts2SpeciesTaxom
Parnassius Latreille, 1906Apollos1SpeciesTaxom
Protographium Munroe, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Troides Hübner, 1864Birdwings1SpeciesTaxom
Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
106 Species and 53 Subspecies
Atrophaneura nox henricus
Atrophaneura semperi melanotus Staudinger, 1889
Battus belus Cramer, 1777Belus Swallowtail
Battus zetides Munroe, 1971Zetides Swallowtail
Eurytides dolicaon dolicaon (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Eurytides dolicaon deileon C. Felder & ..., 1865
Eurytides serville acritus Rothschild &..., 1906
Graphium (Arisbe) adamastor Boisduval, 1836Boisduval's White-lady
Graphium (Arisbe) agamedes Westwood, 1842Glassy Graphium
Graphium agamedes medesaga Suffert, 1904
Graphium (Arisbe) almansor Honrath, 1884Almansor White-lady Swordtail
Graphium almansor almansor Honrath, 1884
Graphium almansor carchedonias
Graphium almansor carchedonius Karsch, 1895
Graphium almansor charcedonius
Graphium almansor dufranei Collins & La..., 2008
Graphium almansor escherichi Gaede, 1915
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 (Arisbe) biokoensis Gauthier, 1984Gauthier's Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883Riley's graphium
Graphium fulleri fulleri Grose-Smith, 1883
Graphium fulleri rileyi Berger, 1950
Graphium (Arisbe) illyris Hewitson, 1872Cream-banded Swordtail
Graphium illyris girardeaui Guilbot & Pl..., 1978
Graphium illyris hamatus Joicey & Talbot, 1918
Graphium illyris illyris Hewitson, 1873Western Cream-Banded 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 pelopidas Oberthür, 1879
Graphium (Arisbe) liponesco Suffert, 1904Long-tailed Striped Swordtail
Graphium (Arisbe) philonoe Christopher ..., 1873Eastern Graphium
Graphium philonoe philonoe Ward, 1873
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 policenoides liponesco
Graphium (Arisbe) polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889Dancing Swallowtail
Graphium (Arisbe) ridleyanus White, 1843Acraea Swordtail
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 rileyi Berger, 1950
Graphium ucalegon ucalegon Hewitson, 1865
Graphium (Graphium) codrus Cramer, 1779Eastern Olive Triangle
Graphium megarus megapenthes Fruhstorfer, 1902Spotted Zebra
Graphium rileyi Berger, 1950Riley´s Graphium
Graphium stratocles stratocles C.& R.Felder, 1861
Iphiclides podalirius podalirius Linnaeus, 1758
Mimoides euryleon Hewitson, 1856False Cattleheart Swallowtail
Mimoides pausanias hermolaus Guenée, 1872
Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera) priamus Linnaeus, 1758Cairns birdwing butterfly
Pachliopta liris liris
Papilio (Danaus) eupheno (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869
Papilio (Heraclides) androgeus Cramer, 1775Androgeus
Papilio (Heraclides) astyalus Godart, 1819Astyalus Swallowtail
Papilio (Heraclides) thoas Linnaeus, 1771King page
Papilio (Papilio) hospiton Guenée, 1839Corsican Swallowtail
Papilio (Papilio) machaon Linnaeus, 1758'Baird's' Old World Swallowtail
Papilio (Papilio) polyxenes Fabricius, 1775'Desert' Black Swallowtail
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) cynorta Fabricius, 1793Common White Banded Papilio
Papilio (Princeps) cyproeofila Butler, 1868Common White-banded Swallowtail
Papilio cyproeofila cyproeofila Butler, 1868
Papilio cyproeofila praecyola Suffert, 1904
Papilio (Princeps) dardanus (Brown, 1776)⇒ Xanthocastnia evalthe Fabricius, 1776
Papilio dardanus dardanus Brown, 1776
Papilio (Princeps) delalandei Godart, 1824
Papilio (Princeps) demodocus Esper, 1798African lime swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) demoleus Linnaeus, 1758Checkered Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) echerioides Trimen, 1868White-Banded Swallowtail
Papilio fuscus canopus Westwood, 1842Canopus Butterfly
Papilio (Princeps) gallienus Distant, 1879Narrow-banded Swallowtail
Papilio helenus orosius (Fruhstorfer, 1908)⇒ Papilio helenus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio (Princeps) hesperus (Westwood, 1843)⇒ Hamanumida daedalus Fabricius, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) horribilis Butler, 1874
Papilio (Princeps) lormieri Distant, 1874Central Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) mackinnoni Sharpe, 1891MacKinnon's Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) maesseni (Suffert, 1904)⇒ Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
Papilio (Princeps) mechowi Dewitz, 1881
Papilio (Princeps) menestheus Drury, 1773Western Emperor Swallowtail
Papilio menestheus menestheus Drury, 1773
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 phorcas congoanus (Rothschild, 1896)⇒ Papilio phorcas Cramer, 1775
Papilio phorcas phorcas Cramer, 1775
Papilio (Princeps) plagiatus Aurivillius, 1898Mountain Mimetic Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) rex Oberthür, 1866King Papilio
Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904
Papilio (Princeps) sosia Rothschild &..., 1905Medium Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864Giant Blue Swallowtail
Papilio (Princeps) zenobia Fabricius, 1875Volta Swallowtail
Papilio (Pterourus) canadensis (Rotschild & ..., 1906)⇒ Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio agamedes (Westwood, 1842)⇒ Graphium agamedes Westwood, 1842
Papilio almansor (Honrath, 1884)⇒ Graphium almansor Honrath, 1884
Papilio aristeus ctesias Felder, 1864
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 cleotas archytas Hopffer, 1866
Papilio cyparissa (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Euphaedra cyparissa Cramer, 1776
Papilio delius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906
Papilio euchenor Guérin-Ménev..., 1829
Papilio euchenor naucles Rothschild, 1908
Papilio horatius (Drury, 1782)⇒ Charaxes anticlea Drury, 1782
Papilio leonida (Stoll, 1782)⇒ Anaea eribotes Fabricius, 1775
Papilio merope (Cramer, 1777)⇒ Heteronympha merope Fabricius, 1775
Papilio nerminae Storace, 1952Broadly Green-banded Swallowtail
Papilio niveus (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Heliopetes arsalte Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904Volta Swallowtail
Papilio palinurus palinurus Fabricius, 1787Banded Peacock
Papilio phorcus (Cramer, 1777)⇒ Carystus phorcus Cramer, 1777
Papilio polibetes (Stoll, 1781)⇒ Parrhasius polibetes Cramer, 1782
Papilio policenes (Schultze, 1916)⇒ Graphium policenes Cramer, 1775
Papilio polistratus (Grose-Smith, 1889)⇒ Graphium polistratus Grose-Smith, 1889
Papilio pollux (Cramer, 1775)⇒ Charaxes pollux Cramer, 1775
Papilio rhexia Fabricius, 1775
Papilio rumanzowius spinturnix (Fruhstorfer, 1909)⇒ Papilio rumanzovia Eschscholtz, 1821
Papilio thersander (Stoll, 1780)⇒ Charaxes solon Fabricius, 1793
Papilio ucalegon (Hewitson, 1865)⇒ Graphium ucalegon Hewitson, 1865
Papilio zetes (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acraea zetes Linnaeus, 1758
Parides tros Fabricius, 1793
Parides zacynthus zacynthus Fabricius, 1793
Parnassius corybas sacerdos Stichel, 1906
Protographium thyastes Drury, 1782
Protographium thyastes diaphorus J. Hübner, 1821
Troides priamus cronius Felder, 1864
Zerynthia (Zerynthia) rumina Linnaeus, 1758Spanish Festoon

Subnodes of Papilionidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyPapilioninae
Latreille, 1802
Swallowtails
12
104
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParnassiinae
Duponchel, 1835
Apollos, Parnassians
2
2
Genera
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