Papilio nobilis

Papilio nobilis, the noble swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

Papilio nobilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. nobilis
Binomial name
Papilio nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891 [1] [2][3]
Synonyms
Princeps nobilis Papilio pringlei Sharpe, 1894 Papilio nobilis f. mariabonaparte Bryk, 1929 Papilio nobilis f. nobilissima Bryk, 1929 Papilio nobilis pallidus Stoneham, 1931 Papilio nobilis ab. josetta Smart, 1976 Papilio nobilis leroyi Berger, 1950

The larvae feed on Warburgia ugandensis.

Taxonomy

Papilio nobilis is a member of the oribazus species group. The clade members are:

• Papilio oribazus Boisduval, 1836
• Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833
• Papilio nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891

Subspecies

• Papilio nobilis nobilis (highlands of Kenya, Lake Victoria, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
• Papilio nobilis didingensis Carpenter, 1928 ^[4] (southern Sudan)
• Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936 .^[5] (Congo Republic, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990^[6] (western Tanzania)