Papilio dardanus

Papilio dardanus
	both male P. d. antinorii, Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. dardanus
Binomial name
	Papilio dardanus; Brown, 1776
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	List Papilio merope Cramer, 1777 ; Papilio brutus Fabricius, 1781 ; Papilio hippocoon Fabricius, 1793 ; Papilio westermannii Boisduval, 1836 ; Papilio trophonius Westwood, 1842 ; Papilio dionysos Doubleday, 1846 ; Papilio dardanus ab. niobe Aurivillius, 1899 ; Papilio dardanus ab. nioboides Aurivillius, 1899 ; Papilio dardanus heimsi Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio dardanus benio Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio dardanus f. trophonissa Aurivillius, 1907 ; Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. alluaudi Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912 ; Papilio f. latemarginatus Schultze, 1913 ; Papilio dardanus f. sirius Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus ab. crocotus Poulton, 1923 ; Papilio dardanus f. ceneispila Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio dardanus f. fagerskioldi Bryk, 1928 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. punctata Dufrane, 1933 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. divisa Dufrane, 1933 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1933 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus ab. paradoxa Dufrane, 1946 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus f. completa Dufrane, 1946 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus f. subpunctata Dufrane, 1946 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus f. dawanti Dufrane, 1946 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus f. impunctata Dufrane, 1946 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus f. jottrandi Dufrane, 1946 ; Papilio dardanus dardanus f. extrema Dufrane, 1946 ; Papilio dardanus f. semimelas Basquin & Turlin, 1986 ; Papilio dardanus ab. obscura McLeod & McLeod, 2004 ; Papilio antinorii Oberthür, 1883 ; Papilio antinorii ab. niavioides Kheil, 1890 ; Papilio antinorii ab. ruspinae Kheil, 1890 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii var. niavina Haase, 1891 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii var. alticola Boullet & Le Cerf, 1912 ; Papilio dardanus hodsoni Poulton, 1926 ; Papilio dardanus hodsoni f. weinholti Poulton, 1927 ; Papilio dardanus f. zaoditou Ungemach, 1932 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii f. alameitu Gabriel, 1949 ; Papilio dardanus f. conjunctiflava Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii ab. seriata Storace, 1963 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph immaculata Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph extensinigra Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph obsoleta Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph ornata Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph rufomaculata Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph aurantiaca Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph aperta Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph depuncta Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph obscura Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph parvicaudata Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph cenaeoides Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph streckerioides Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph lambornieoides Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph niobeoides Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii morph salaamioides Mollet, 1975 ; Papilio cenea Stoll, 1790 ; Danais rechila Godart, 1819 ; Papilio cephonius Hopffer, 1866 ; Papilio merpoe tibullus var. hippocoonides Haase, 1891 ; Papilio cenea acene Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio dardanus f. leighi Poulton, 1912 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. radiata Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. natalica Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. hypolimnides Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. extensiflava Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. sylvicola van Son, 1949 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. neocenea Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. nigricans Storace, 1955 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. transiens Storace, 1955 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. aikeni van Son, 1956 ; Papilio dardanus cenea f. infuscata van Son, 1956 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii f. vaccaroi Storace, 1947 ; Papilio dardanus antinorii f. protoniavioides Storace, 1962 ; Papilio dardanus figinii f. protomima Storace, 1962 ; Papilio humbloti Oberthür, 1888 ; Papilio meriones Felder & Felder, 1865 ; Papilio dardanus-meriones f. palaeotypus Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio merope f. planemoides Trimen, 1904 ; Papilio dardanus f. dionysoides Aurivillius, 1907 ; Papilio dardanus f. pemtolipus Aurivillius, 1907 ; Papilio dardanus f. mixtus Aurivillius, 1907 ; Papilio dardanus f. acenides Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio dardanus f. swynnertoni Poulton, 1929 ; Papilio dardanus f. carpenteri Poulton, 1929 ; Papilio dardanus f. xanthocaudatus Stoneham, 1932 ; Papilio dardanus f. hippocoonatus Stoneham, 1933 ; Papilio dardanus f. dominicanoides Stoneham, 1933 ; Papilio dardanus f. planematus Stoneham, 1934 ; Papilio dardanus f. epiplanemoides Stoneham, 1934 ; Papilio dardanus xanthocaudatus f. briani Stoneham, 1944 ; Papilio dardanus ochracea Carpenter, 1948 ; Papilio dardanus cenea ochracea f. ochracea Poulton, 1924 ; Papilio dardanus ochracea f. atavica Storace, 1955 ; Papilio nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 ; Papilio dardanus tibullus f. dorippoides Trimen, 1909 ; Papilio dardanus f. speciosa Le Cerf, 1912 ; Papilio dardanus f. jeanneli Le Cerf, 1912 ; Papilio dardanus var. polytrophus f. punctimargo Le Cerf, 1912 ; Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. hippocooninus Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. albescens Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. nigrescens Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. acenoides Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. trophonoides Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus polytrophus f. mixtoides Reuss, 1921 ; Papilio dardanus var. polytrophus f. protocenea Bryk & Peebles, 1932 ; Papilio dardanus var. polytrophus f. astarte Bryk & Peebles, 1932 ; Papilio dardanus f. nairobianus Stoneham, 1932 ; Papilio dardanus f. poultoni Ford, 1936 ; Papilio dardanus nairobianus f. akechia Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus nairobianus f. neria Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus f. millari Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus f. babingtonia Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus nairobianus f. akechiana Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus nairobianus f. neriana Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus f. harmonia Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus f. ariadne Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio sulfurea Palisot de Beauvois, 1806 ; Papilio dardanus storacei Gauthier, 1984 ; Papilio dardanus sulphureus Bernardi, Pierre & Nguyen, 1985 ; Papilio tibullus Kirby, 1880 ; Papilio cenea maculatus Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio cenea discopunctatus Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio cenea salaami Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio boosi Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio dardanus f. trimeni Poulton, 1906 ; Papilio dardanus var. tibullus ab. gomia Strand, 1911 ; Papilio dardanus tibullus f. lamborni Poulton, 1918 ; Papilio dardanus f. mombasicus Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio dardanus f. melanoleuca Stoneham, 1951 ;

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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