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Papilio dardanus (Mocker swallowtail)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Papilio dardanus, the African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail or flying handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The British entomologist E. B. Poulton described it as "the most interesting butterfly in the world".
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Infraspecies

Papilio dardanus dardanus
Papilio dardanus polytrophus
Papilio dardanus tibullus

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  3.15 inches (.08 m)

Prey / Diet

Citrus aurantium (myrtle-leaved orange tree)[2]
Citrus japonica (sour orange)[3]
Vepris natalensis (Bastard White Ironwood)[2]
Zanthoxylum asiaticum (orange climber)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Papilio demodocus (Esper citrus swallowtail)1
Papilio nireus (Narrow blue-banded swallowtail)1
Phyllocnistis citrella (Citrus leafminer)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Borghesio, L., & Wagura, L. The Common Butterflies of the Mathews Range, Cheli & Peacock Community Trust
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0