Genus: Papilio

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Papilionidae > Subfamily: Papilioninae

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Vári & Kroon (2002).

Papilio constantinus (Constantine's Swallowtail)
Papilio dardanus (Mocker swallowtail)
Papilio demodocus (Citrus swallowtail)
Papilio echerioides (White-banded swallowtail)
Papilio euphranor (Bush kite, Forest swallowtail)
Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail)
Papilio ophidicephalus (Emperor swallowtail)

Publications

VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.