Papilio fuelleborni

Papilio fuelleborni is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Tanzania and Malawi.^[3]

Papilio fuelleborni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Papilio fuelleborni Karsch, 1900 [1][2]
Synonyms
Papilio fülleborni Karsch, 1900 Papilio sjöstedti Aurivillius, 1908 Papilio sjöstedti var. atavus Le Cerf, 1912 Papilio fuelleborni neocesa Kemal & Koçak, 2005

The larvae feed on Clausena species.

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 ^[4] (northern Tanzania)
• Papilio fuelleborni rydoni Kielland, 1987 ^[5] (north-eastern Tanzania)

Taxonomy

Papilio fuelleborni is a member of the echerioides species-group. This clade includes

• Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868
• Papilio fuelleborni Karsch, 1900
• Papilio jacksoni Sharpe, 1891
• Papilio sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1908

See also

• Friedrich Fülleborn