''Papilio epiphorbas'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

of the family

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larg ...

. It is found in

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

and the

Comoro Islands The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northwes ...

Taxonomy

''Papilio epiphorbas'' is a member of the ''oribazus'' species-group. The clade members are *'' Papilio oribazus'' Boisduval, 1836 *''Papilio epiphorbas'' Boisduval, 1833 *'' Papilio nobilis'' Rogenhofer, 1891

Subspecies

*''Papilio epiphorbas epiphorbas'' (Madagascar) *''Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudi'' Turlin & Guilbot, 1990Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 Description de deux nouvelles sous-especes de Papilio epiphorbas de l'archipel des Comores ''Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr.'' 94 (7-8) : 213-219 (Anjouan) *''Papilio epiphorbas praedicta'' Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 (Grand Comore)

References

*Carcasson, R.H 1960 The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae).''Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society'
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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

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