Papilio filaprae

Short description: Species of butterfly

Papilio filaprae

Suffert's description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Papilionidae
Genus:  | Papilio
Species:  |

P. filaprae

Binomial name
Papilio filaprae

Suffert, 1904 [1]

Synonyms

* Papilio cypraeafila filaprae Suffert, 1904
* Papilio cypraeofila f. insularis Schultze, 1913
* Papilio cyraeofila f. lactifascia Le Cerf, 1924

Papilio filaprae is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. The species was first described by Ernst Suffert in 1904.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Subspecies
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Subspecies

* Papilio filaprae filaprae (south-eastern Cameroon, Congo, south-western Republic of the Congo, Angola)
* Papilio filaprae musolanus (Hancock, 1988) [3]

## Taxonomy

It is a member of the zenobia species group. In the zenobia group the basic upperside wing pattern is black with white or yellowish bands and spots. The underside is brown and basally there is a red area marked with black stripes and spots. In the discal area there is a yellowish band with black stripes and veins. Females resemble Amauris butterflies. Both sexes lack tails.

The clade members are:

* Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
* Papilio fernandus Fruhstorfer, 1903
* Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904
* Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879
* Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881
* Papilio mechowianus Dewitz, 1885
* Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
* Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775

Larsen, 2005 [4] doubts that this is a valid taxon, suggesting that it is the equatorial subspecies of Papilio cyproeofila, which it closely resembles.

## References

1. ↑ Suffert, E. 1904. Neue afrikanische Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift [Iris] 17: 12–107
2. ↑ Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/papilionidae/papilioninae/papilio/#filaprae. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
3. ↑ Hancock, D.L. 1988. The Princeps zenobia group. Papilio International 5 (1): 295-310.
4. ↑ Larsen, Torben B 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN:87-88757-43-9

## External links

* swallowtails.net Image
* Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
* Global Butterfly Information System Images (as subgenus Druryia)
* "Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904". Insecta.pro. With image.

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