''Papilio delalandei'' is a

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

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 larges ...

. It is endemic to

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 ...

Taxonomy

''Papilio delalandei'' is a member of the ''dardanus'' species-group. The members of the

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are *''

Papilio dardanus ''Papilio dardanus'', the African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail or flying handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The British e ...

'' Brown, 1776 *''

Papilio constantinus ''Papilio constantinus'', the Constantine's swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The wingspan is 70–90 mm in males and 80–95 mm in females. The ground colour is black with pale ...

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Papilio phorcas ''Papilio phorcas'', the apple-green swallowtail or green-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. The larvae feed on ''Teclea nobilis'', ''Teclea simplicifolia'', '' Macrostylis villosa'', ''Vepris'' ...

'' Cramer,

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Papilio rex ''Papilio rex'', the regal swallowtail or king papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. It is a semi-montane and montane forest (1, 300 m. to 2 600 m.) species. The larvae feed on '' Teclea tricocarpa'', '' Tecle ...

'' Oberthür, 1886 File:Cream-lined Swallowtail (Papilio delalandei) (31177553808).jpg, Resting

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Etymology

The name honours Pierre Antoine Delalande.

References

External links

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Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Butterflies described in 1824 delalandei {{papilionidae-stub