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Species of butterfly

Papilio leucotaenia
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. leucotaenia
Binomial name
Papilio leucotaenia
Rothschild, 1908

Papilio leucotaenia, the cream-banded swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes ranging from 2,100 to 2,300 meters. (Albertine Rift montane forests)

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References

  1. Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Papilio leucotaenia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15995A5345748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15995A5345748.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Rothschild, W., 1908 A New Papilio from Africa. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 44: 249-50
  3. Papilio, Site of Markku Savela
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  • D'Abrera, B. 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xx + 593 pp.
  • Carcasson, R.H., 1960, "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
  • Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Rothschild, W., 1908 A New Papilio from Africa. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 44: 249-50 Description
  • Jackson, T. H. E. 1956 Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Kigezi District of Uganda with descriptions of new species and subspecies Journal of The East Africa Natural History Society Volume XXIII Figure of male Plate 1

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Papilio leucotaenia


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