Papilio hesperus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Papilio
- Species
- Papilio hesperus
- Scientific Name
- Papilio hesperus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Papilio hesperus
Papilio hesperus, the black and yellow swallowtail or Hesperus swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa. It is monomorphic, meaning there is only one phenotype in the population of this species. The dorsal and ventral sides of its wings are practically identical due to the wing's translucence.
...Papilio hesperus in languages:
- English
- Black and Yellow Swallowtail
- English
- Hesperus Swallowtail
- English
- Emperor Swallowtail
- English
- Hesper’s Bush Kite Swallowtail
- Japanese
- オオシロモンアゲハ
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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