Papilio saharae

Papilio saharae, the Sahara swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in North Africa and Arabia.

Papilio saharae
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. saharae
Binomial name
Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879
Synonyms
Papilio machaon var. saharae Oberthür, 1879 Papilio machaon var. hospitonides Oberthür, 1888 Papilio machaon saharae f. xanthosoma Turati, 1924

Biology

The larva feeds on Deverra chloranthus, Deverra scopularia, Seseli varium, Ferula communis and Pycnocyla glauca.

Subspecies

• Papilio saharae saharae (North Africa, Arabia)
• Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932 (Yemen, south-western Saudi Arabia)
• Papilio saharae aferpilaggi Cassar & Catania (Lampedusa Island)

References

• Pittaway, A. R., Larsen, T. B., Clarke, C. A., Smith, C. R., Crnjar, R. & Clarke, F. M. M. 1994. Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879, specifically distinct from Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomologist's Gazette 45: 223–249.
• Cassar L.F., Catania A., Cotton A., ""A new subspecies of Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Lampedusa, Italy" Zootaxa 5231 (1): 065–078 (2023).

External links

• Papilio saharae von J. Fuchs
• Tarrantier, Maroc Butterflies