Papilio nireus

Green-banded swallowtail
both P. n. lyaeus Semliki Wildlife Reserve' Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. nireus
Binomial name
Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Synonyms
Papilio erinus Gray, [1853] Papilio nireus f. nora Strand, 1915 Papilio nireus f. dimidiatus Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio nireoides Braun, 1932 Papilio nireus nireus ab. bedoci Dufrane, 1946 Papilio nireus nireus ab. punctata Dufrane, 1946 Papilio nireus nireus ab. seeldrayersi Dufrane, 1946 Papilio nireus nireus ab. pierardi Dufrane, 1946 Papilio nireus nireus ab. falcata Dufrane, 1946 Papilio nireus nireus f. houzeaui Dufrane, 1946 Papilio nireus nireus f. tenuivittata Dufrane, 1946 Papilio nireus nireus var. xerophila Storace, 1952 Papilio nireus micronireus Storace, 1952 Papilio nireus ab. lyaeoides Storace, 1952 Papilio nireus nireus f. cedeae Sala, 1992 Papilio lyaeus Doubleday, 1845 Papilio lyaeus aelyus Suffert, 1904 Papilio mantitheus Ehrmann, 1920 Papilio nireus-lyaeus f. callistria Le Cerf, 1927 Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. pseudonireoides Storace, 1952 Papilio donaldsoni Sharpe, 1896 Papilio nireus var. abyssinica Cannaviello, 1900 Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. pseudolyaeus Storace, 1952 Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. anticemaculata Storace, 1952 Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. minor Storace, 1952 Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. semivittata Storace, 1952

Papilio nireus, the green-banded swallowtail, narrow-banded blue swallowtail, or African blue-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.