''Papilio mechowianus'' is a

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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 larg ...

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Papilio ''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly. It includes the common yellow swallowtail ('' Papilio machaon'') ...

'' that is found in

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

and the

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Taxonomy

It is a member of the ''zenobia''

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. 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 butterflies from the genus ''

Amauris ''Amauris'' is a genus of nymphalid butterflies in the Danainae subfamily. ''Amauris niavius niavius'', ''Amauris echeria jacksoni'', and ''Amauris dominicanus'' are mimicked by '' Papilio dardanus'' females. Other mimics of ''Amauris'' are foun ...

''. Both sexes lack tail
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members are: * ''

Papilio cyproeofila ''Papilio cyproeofila'', the common white-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria. The larvae feed on ''Piper (plan ...

'' 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

Description

It is very similar to ''

''. It differs from ''P. mechowi'' in having the white band broad. Se
original description

References

External links

Global Butterfly Information System
Images (as subgenus ''

Druryia ''Druryia'' is a subgenus within the genus ''Papilio'' containing 36 species:Häuser, C.L., de Jong, R., Lamas, G., Robbins, R.K., Smith, C. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (2005)Papilionidae – revised GloBIS/GART species checklist (2nd draft) Entomologi ...

'')
Butterfly Corner
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mechowianus Butterflies described in 1885 Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz {{Papilionidae-stub