Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776 is a animal in the Papilionidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
Papilio dardanus is a widely distributed Sub-Saharan African butterfly species in the swallowtail family.
Papilio dardanus, commonly called the Saharan swallowtail, African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail, or flying handkerchief, is a butterfly species belonging to the swallowtail family Papilionidae. This species has a wide distribution across Sub-Saharan Africa. British entomologist E. B. Poulton described this butterfly as "the most interesting butterfly in the world". This species was formally named Papilio dardanus by Brown in 1776.
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Parides neophilus (Geyer, 1837)
Parides photinus (Doubleday, 1844)
Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Graphium chironides (Honrath, 1884)
Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798
Atrophaneura horishanus (Matsumura, 1910)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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