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Papilio hesperus (Black and Yellow Swallowtail)

Synonyms: Papilio hermes; Papilio hermes var. pellax; Papilio hesperus maculatissimus; Papilio hesperus sudana

Wikipedia Abstract

Papilio hesperus, the black and yellow swallowtail or Hesperus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. The larvae feed on Beilschmiedia species, including Beilschmiedia ugandensis.
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Prey / Diet

Beilschmiedia ugandensis[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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