Papilio cynorta

Papilio cynorta
	In Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. cynorta
Binomial name
	Papilio cynorta; Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms
	Papilio zerynthius Boisduval, 1836; Papilio boisduvallianus Westwood, 1842; Papilio triptolemus Ehrmann, 1918; Papilio cynorta norcyta Suffert, 1904; Papilio gallienus peculiaris Neave, 1904; Papilio cynorta f. lavochrea Le Cerf, 1924; Papilio cynorta f. ochrospila Le Cerf, 1924; Papilio cynorta f. acraeamimus Bryk, 1928; Papilio cynorta f. albofurculatus Bryk, 1928; Papilio cynorta f. parageoides Stoneham, 1944; Papilio cynorta cynorta f. agayana Stoneham, 1951; Papilio cynorta cynorta f. bwambensis Stoneham, 1951;

Papilio cynorta, the mimetic swallowtail or common white banded papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

Adult females mimic Bematistes epaea, the common bematistes butterfly.

The larvae feed on Clausena, Vepris, Calodendrum, Citrus and Fagara species.

Taxonomy

Papilio cynorta is the nominal member of the cynorta species group. The members of the clade are:

^ Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta 3 (1): [vi], 1-488. Hafniae.
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
^ Savela, Markku. "Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 29, 2018.

Carcasson, R. H. (December 1960). "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society. (which contains a key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures)

Owen, D. F. (1974). "Exploring Mimetic Diversity in West African Forest Butterflies". Oikos. 25 (2): 227-236.
Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. p. 103. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.