Papilio nireus

Green-banded swallowtail
both P. n. lyaeus
Semliki Wildlife Reserve' Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. nireus
Binomial name
Papilio nireus
Synonyms
  • Papilio erinus Gray, [1853]
  • Papilio nireus f. nora Strand, 1915
  • Papilio nireus f. dimidiatus Le Cerf, 1924
  • Papilio nireoides Braun, 1932
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. bedoci Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. punctata Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. seeldrayersi Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. pierardi Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus ab. falcata Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus f. houzeaui Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus f. tenuivittata Dufrane, 1946
  • Papilio nireus nireus var. xerophila Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus micronireus Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus ab. lyaeoides Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus nireus f. cedeae Sala, 1992
  • Papilio lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
  • Papilio lyaeus aelyus Suffert, 1904
  • Papilio mantitheus Ehrmann, 1920
  • Papilio nireus-lyaeus f. callistria Le Cerf, 1927
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. pseudonireoides Storace, 1952
  • Papilio donaldsoni Sharpe, 1896
  • Papilio nireus var. abyssinica Cannaviello, 1900
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. pseudolyaeus Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. anticemaculata Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. minor Storace, 1952
  • Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. semivittata Storace, 1952

Papilio nireus, the green-banded swallowtail, narrow-banded blue swallowtail, or African blue-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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