''Papilio epiphorbas'' is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.

Taxonomy

''Papilio epiphorbas'' is a member of the ''oribazus''

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Papilio oribazus ''Papilio oribazus'' is a swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is found in eastern Madagascar. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. The habitat consists of forests and forest margins. Taxonomy ' ...

'' 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

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 Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful Butterfly, 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 ...

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

External links

Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Butterflies described in 1833 epiphorbas Lepidoptera of the Comoros Lepidoptera of Madagascar {{papilionidae-stub