Papilio zenobia

Papilio zenobia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. zenobia
Binomial name
Papilio zenobia
Synonyms
  • Papilio messalina Stoll, [1790]
  • Papilio odenatus Westwood, 1872
  • Papilio zenobia f. amygdaliferus Schultze, 1913
  • Papilio zenobia ab. infrapicta Strand, 1913

Papilio zenobia, the Zenobia swallowtail or Volta swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forest in good to reasonable condition.[3]

The larvae feed on Piper species, including Piper umbellatum.

  1. ^ Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae [xxxii], 1-832. Flensburgi & Lipsiae.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.