Papilio fuelleborni explained

Papilio fuelleborni is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Tanzania and Malawi.^[1]

The larvae feed on Clausena species.

Description

The male is deep black, with a pure white median band, very narrow in forewing, very wide in hindwing. The female is similar to other species of the group but with large white spots on the hindwing, placed at the margin (Carcasson, 1960).

Subspecies

• Papilio fuelleborni fuelleborni (eastern and southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
• Papilio fuelleborni sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908 (northern Tanzania)
• Papilio fuelleborni atavus Le Cerf, 1912 ^[2] (northern Tanzania)
• Papilio fuelleborni rydoni Kielland, 1987 ^[3] (north-eastern Tanzania)

Taxonomy

Papilio fuelleborni is a member of the echerioides species-group. This clade includes

• Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868
• Papilio fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
• Papilio jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
• Papilio sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908

See also

• Friedrich Fülleborn

References

• Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/index.html Papilio at Funet
2. Le Cerf, F. 1912 Descriptions de Lepidopteres nouveaux d’Afrique orientale (Papilionide).Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1912: 336-337.
3. Kielland, 1987, J. 1987 New taxa of Rhopalocera from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Lambillionea 87 (9-10): 114-126