Papilio lormieri

Papilio lormieri, the central emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.^[2]

Papilio lormieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. lormieri
Binomial name
Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874 [1]
Synonyms
Papilio menestheus v. lormieri ab. bassana Strand, 1913 Papilio menestheus var. aureus Moreau, 1917 Papilio menestheus lormieri ab. cuvelieri Dufrane, 1946 Papilio menestheus-lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 Papilio lormieri f. ophidicephaloides Stoneham, 1951 Papilio lormieri f. rufopunctata Stoneham, 1951 Papilio lormieri crocea Storace, 1955

The larvae feed on Clausena anisata, Fagaropsis species, Rutaceae species, and Fagara macrophylla.^[3]

Taxonomy

Papilio lormieri is a member of the menestheus species group. The members of the clade are:

• Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773
• Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874
• Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878

Subspecies

• Papilio lormieri lormieri (Cameroon, Congo Republic, northern Angola, south-western Sudan)
• Papilio lormieri semlikana Le Cerf, 1924^[4] (north-eastern Congo Republic, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Papilio lormieri neocrocea Koçak, 1983 ^[5] (eastern and central Uganda, western Kenya) - Lormier's swallowtail