''Papilio wilsoni'' 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 ...
in 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
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
.
Taxonomy
''Papilio wilsoni'' belongs to a
clade called the ''nireus''
species-group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of ''Papilio charopus'' and ''Papilio hornimani''. The clade members are:
*''
Papilio aristophontes''
Oberthür, 1897
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Papilio nireus''
Linnaeus, 1758
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Papilio charopus''
Westwood, 1843
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Papilio chitondensis
''Papilio chitondensis'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is found in Angola.
Taxonomy
''Papilio chitondensis'' belongs to a clade called the ''nireus'' species group with 15 members. The pattern is black ...
''
de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966
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Papilio chrapkowskii''
Suffert, 1904
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Papilio chrapkowskoides''
Storace, 1952
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Papilio desmondi''
van Someren, 1939
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Papilio hornimani''
Distant, 1879
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Papilio interjectana''
Vane-Wright, 1995
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Papilio manlius''
Fabricius, 1798
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Papilio microps''
Storace, 1951
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Papilio sosia''
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
*''
Papilio thuraui
''Papilio thuraui'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and the Republic of the Congo.
Description
Blue median band absent and a complete series of blue submarginal spots i ...
''
Karsch, 1900
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Papilio ufipa''
Carcasson, 1961
*''Papilio wilsoni''
Rothschild, 1926
References
wilsoni
Butterflies described in 1926
Endemic fauna of Ethiopia
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