''Papilio filaprae'' is a species of

swallowtail butterfly Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the large ...

from the genus '' Papilio'' that is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

, Angola and

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

. The species was first described by Ernst Suffert in 1904.

Subspecies

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

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 A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

members are: *''

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'' Butler, 1868 *''

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'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 *''Papilio filaprae'' Suffert, 1904 *'' Papilio gallienus'' Distant, 1879 *'' Papilio mechowi'' Dewitz, 1881 *'' Papilio mechowianus'' Dewitz, 1885 *''

Papilio nobicea ''Papilio nobicea'', the Volta swallowtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Ghana and Togo. The habitat consists of forests in mountainous terrain. Taxonomy It is a member of the ''zenobia'' species group. In the ''ze ...

'' Suffert, 1904 *'' Papilio zenobia'' Fabricius, 1775 Larsen, 2005 Larsen, Torben B 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books Stenstrup, Denmark doubts that this is a valid taxon, suggesting that it is the equatorial subspecies of ''

'', which it closely resembles.

References

External links

swallowtails.net
Image

Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Global Butterfly Information System
Images (as subgenus ''Druryia'')
"''Papilio filaprae'' Suffert, 1904"
''Insecta.pro''. With image. filaprae Butterflies described in 1904 {{Papilionidae-stub