''Papilio oribazus'' is a swallowtail butterfly from the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

Papilio ''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly. It includes the common yellow swallowtail (''Papilio machaon''), ...

'' that is found in eastern

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 ...

. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. The habitat consists of forests and forest margins.

Taxonomy

''Papilio oribazus'' is the nominal member of the ''oribazus''

species group In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

. The clade members are: *''Papilio oribazus'' Boisduval, 1836 *'' Papilio epiphorbas'' Boisduval, 1833 *''

Papilio nobilis ''Papilio nobilis'', the noble swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. The larvae feed on '' Warburgia ugandensis''. Taxonomy ''Papilio nobilis'' is a member of the ''oribazus'' species group. The clade m ...

'' Rogenhofer, 1891

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"''Papilio oribazus'' Boisduval, 1836"
''Insecta.pro''. With images. oribazus Butterflies described in 1836 Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Lepidoptera of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar {{Papilionidae-stub