''Papilio fuelleborni'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
swallowtail butterfly
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 large ...
from the
genus
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''
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
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
and
Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Clausena
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Description
The male is deep black, with a pure white median band, very narrow in forewing, very wide in hindwing. The female is similar to other species of the group but with large white spots on the hindwing, placed at the margin (Carcasson, 1960).
Subspecies
*''Papilio fuelleborni fuelleborni'' (eastern and southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
*''
Papilio fuelleborni sjoestedti''
Aurivillius, 1908 (northern Tanzania)
*''Papilio fuelleborni atavus''
Le Cerf, 1912 (northern Tanzania)
*''Papilio fuelleborni rydoni''
Kielland, 1987 [ Kielland, 1987, J. 1987 New taxa of Rhopalocera from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). ''Lambillionea'' 87 (9-10): 114-126] (north-eastern Tanzania)
Taxonomy
''Papilio fuelleborni'' is a member of the ''echerioides''
species-group. This
clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...
includes
*''
Papilio echerioides''
Trimen, 1868
*''Papilio fuelleborni''
Karsch, 1900
*''
Papilio jacksoni''
Sharpe, 1891
*''
Papilio sjoestedti''
Aurivillius, 1908
See also
*
Friedrich Fülleborn
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'
pdfKey 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
fuelleborni
Butterflies described in 1900
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
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