Species of butterfly
Apple-green swallowtail
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both Kakamega Forest, Kenya
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Papilionidae
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Genus:
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Papilio
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Species:
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P. phorcas
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Binomial name
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Papilio phorcas
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Synonyms
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- Princeps phorcas
- Papilio doreus Fabricius, 1775
- Papilio thersander Fabricius, 1793
- Papilio phorcas f. media Le Cerf, 1924
- Papilio nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
- Papilio phorcas tippelskirchi Suffert, 1904
- Papilio phorcas f. thersandroides Aurivillius, 1908
- Papilio phorcas bardamu f. velledae Canu, 1994
- Papilio phorcas caspor Suffert, 1904
- Papilio phorcas ab. kassaiensis Strand, 1916
- Papilio phorcas f. bergeri Storace, 1955
- Papilio phorcas f. xera Storace, 1955
- Papilio phorcas f. viridissima Basquin & Turlin, 1986
- Papilio phorcas congoanus f. ponzonii Sala, 1992
- Papilio phorcas leopoldi Suffert, 1904
- Papilio phorcas ab. phorcadius Strand, 1911
- Papilio phorcas f. ruscoei Krüger, 1928
- Papilio phorcas f. mutans Le Cerf, 1924
- Papilio phorcas f. furcula Bryk, 1927
- Papilio phorcas f. inexpectata Bryk, 1927
- Papilio phorcas pseudothersander Krüger, 1937
- Papilio phorcas f. polyxena Stoneham, 1951
- Papilio phorcas f. bayoni Storace, 1955
- Papilio phorcas nilotica Storace, 1961
- Papilio phorcas tenuifasciatus f. meto Kielland, 1990
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Papilio phorcas, the apple-green swallowtail or green-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.
The larvae feed on Teclea nobilis, Teclea simplicifolia, Macrostylis villosa, Vepris, Calodendrum, Clausena, Citrus, Fagara and Toddalia species.[3]