Papilio demodocus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Papilio
- Species
- Papilio demodocus
- Scientific Name
- Papilio demodocus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Papilio demodocus
Papilio demodocus, the citrus swallowtail or Christmas butterfly, is a swallowtail butterfly which commonly occurs over the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, including Madagascar, besides the southern Arabian Peninsula. The caterpillars feed on various native plants of especially the family Rutaceae, but have also taken to the leaves of cultivated citrus trees.
...Papilio demodocus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Lemoenswaelstert
- Afrikaans
- Sitrusswaelstert
- Afrikaans
- Lemoenskoenlapper
- English
- Citrus Swallowtail
- English
- Citrus Butterfly
- English
- Orange Dog
- French
- Voilier des citronniers
- German
- Zitrusschwalbenschwanz
- Italian
- Farfalla di Natale
- Japanese
- アフリカオナシアゲハ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Papilio andronicus
- Papilio antimachus
- Papilio aristophontes
- Papilio arnoldiana
- Papilio bacelarae
- Papilio charopus
- Papilio chitondensis
- Papilio chrapkowskii
- Papilio chrapkowskoides
- Papilio constantinus
- Papilio cynorta
- Papilio cyproeofila
- Papilio dardanus
- Papilio delalandei
- Papilio demodocus
- Papilio demoleus
- Papilio desmondi
- Papilio echerioides
- Papilio epiphorbas
- Papilio erithonioides
- Papilio euphranor
- Papilio fernandus
- Papilio filaprae
- Papilio fuelleborni
- Papilio gallienus
- Papilio grosesmithi
- Papilio hesperus
- Papilio hornimani
- Papilio horribilis
- Papilio interjectana
- Papilio jacksoni
- Papilio leucotaenia
- Papilio lormieri
- Papilio mackinnoni
- Papilio mangoura
- Papilio manlius
- Papilio mechowi
- Papilio mechowianus
- Papilio menestheus
- Papilio microps
- Papilio morondavana
- Papilio nerminae
- Papilio nireus
- Papilio nobicea
- Papilio nobilis
- Papilio ophidicephalus
- Papilio oribazus
- Papilio pelodurus
- Papilio phorbanta
- Papilio phorcas
- Papilio plagiatus
- Papilio rex
- Papilio sjoestedti
- Papilio sosia
- Papilio thuraui
- Papilio ufipa
- Papilio wilsoni
- Papilio zalmoxis
- Papilio zenobia