| White-banded swallowtail |
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| Upperside |
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Underside |
| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Papilionidae |
| Genus: |
Papilio |
| Species: |
P. echerioides |
| Binomial name |
Papilio echerioides
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| Synonyms |
- Druryia echerioides
- Papilio homeyeri Plötz, 1880
- Papilio neumanni Karsch, 1895
- Papilio tanganikae Oberthür, 1897
- Papilio zoroastres neumanni ab. subtanganikae Strand, 1916
- Papilio zoroastres neumanni ab. zoroastrides Strand, 1916
- Papilio zoroastres joiceyi Gabriel, 1945
- Papilio zoroastres f. pallidochrea Stoneham, 1944
- Papilio zoroastres joycei f. nioka Berger, 1974
- Papilio echerioides var. wertheri Karsch, 1898
- Papilio echerioides rideschi Suffert, 1904
- Papilio echerioides rectofasciata Kielland, 1990
- Papilio zoroastres Druce, 1878
- Papilio preussius Karsch, 1893
- Papilio zoroastres ab. zoroastroides Strand, 1914
- Papilio zoroastres ab. sapponis Strand, 1914
- Papilio zoroastres barnsi Gabriel, 1945
- Papilio echerioides gabrieli Gauthier, 1984
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Papilio echerioides, the white-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The wingspan is 65–75 mm. It has two flight periods, first from January to March and second from September to November.
The larvae feed on Clausena inaequalis, Toddalia lanceolata, Toddalia asiatica, Zanthoxylum capense, Zanthoxylum delagoense, Vepris lanceolata and Citrus species.