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Taxonomy

''Papilio lormieri'' is a member of the ''menestheus''

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are: *'' Papilio menestheus'' Drury, 1773 *''Papilio lormieri'' Distant, 1874 *''

Papilio ophidicephalus ''Papilio ophidicephalus'', the emperor swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The wingspan is 90–110 mm in males and 100–120 mm in females. It has two broods, one from August to ...

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Subspecies

*''Papilio lormieri lormieri'' (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan) *''Papilio lormieri semlikana'' Le Cerf, 1924 (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania) *''Papilio lormieri neocrocea'' Koçak, 1983 Koçak,A.Ö., 1983-1986, More notes on the homonymy of the specific names of Lepidoptera. ''Cent. ent. Stud''., Priamus 2 (1983) (4): (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail

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) * lormieri Butterflies described in 1874 Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Lucas Distant {{Papilionidae-stub