Papilio pelodurus

Papilio pelodurus is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2]

Papilio pelodurus
Illustration in Butler's original description in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. pelodurus
Binomial name
Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896 [1]
Synonyms
Papilio pelodurus pelodurus f.indiv. lyrus Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio pelodurus pelodurus f.indiv. extensus Le Cerf, 1924 Papilio pelodurus ab. histricus Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912 Papilio pelodurus vesper f.indiv. excedens Le Cerf, 1924

The larvae feed on Cryptocarya liebertiana and Ocotea usambarensis.^[3]

Taxonomy

Papilio pelodurus is a member of the hesperus species-group. The members of the clade are

• Papilio hesperus Westwood, 1843
• Papilio euphranor Trimen, 1868
• Papilio horribilis Butler, 1874
• Papilio pelodurus Butler, 1896

Subspecies

• Papilio pelodurus pelodurus (highland forest of Malawi)
• Papilio pelodurus vesper Le Cerf, 1924^[4] (eastern and southern Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi)