''Papilio plagiatus'', the mountain mimetic swallowtail, is a
butterfly of the family
Papilionidae. It is found in the forests of
Nigeria,
Cameroon, the
Central African Republic, southern
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
, 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 ...
,
Uganda and the northern part of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat mainly consists of submontane forests but adults may also be found flying in lowland forests.
Taxonomy
''Papilio plagiatus'' is a member of the ''cynorta''
species group. The members of 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, ...
are:
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Papilio arnoldiana
''Papilio arnoldiana'' is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus ''Papilio'' that is found in south-western Ethiopia.
Taxonomy
''Papilio arnoldiana'' is a member of the ''cynorta'' species group. The members of the clade are:
*''Papi ...
'' Vane-Wright, 1995
*''
Papilio cynorta'' Fabricius, 1793
*''Papilio plagiatus'' Aurivillius, 1898
References
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External links
Butterfly cornerImages from
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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Butterflies described in 1898
plagiatus
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
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