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Papilio demodocus (Esper citrus swallowtail)

Synonyms: Papilio demodocus albicans; Papilio demodocus docusdemo

Wikipedia Abstract

Papilio demodocus, the citrus swallowtail or Christmas butterfly, is a large swallowtail butterfly common to Sub-Saharan Africa. After hatching from their egg, the caterpillar feeds on a few leaves on citrus trees before pupation.
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Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Papilio dardanus (Mocker swallowtail)1
Papilio nireus (Narrow blue-banded swallowtail)1
Phyllocnistis citrella (Citrus leafminer)2

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 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.
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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