Papilio interjectana

Van Someren's green-banded swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species: P. interjectana
Binomial name
Papilio interjectana
Vane-Wright, 1995
Synonyms
  • Papilio interjecta van Someren, 1960 (preocc. Papilio leucothoe var. interjectus Honrath, 1892)

Papilio interjectana, the Van Someren's green-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Uganda and Kenya.[1]

Adults appear to spend most of the time in the forest canopy, only coming down to drink from damp patches.[2]

Taxonomy

Papilio interjectana belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 13 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus. The clade members are:

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