Papilio leucotaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Papilionini
Genus: Papilio
Subgenus: Princeps
Species: Papilio leucotaenia
Name

Papilio (Princeps) leucotaenia Rothschild, 1908

Type locality: German East Africa, Rugoge Forest, east of the south end of Lake Kivu, 2100-2300m
References

Papilio leucotaenia, the cream-banded swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes ranging from 2,100 to 2,300 meters.[4] (Albertine Rift montane forests)
See also

Nyungwe Forest

References

Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Papilio leucotaenia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15995A5345748. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15995A5345748.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Rothschild, W. , 1908 A New Papilio from Africa. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 44: 249-50 [1]
Papilio, Site of Markku Savela

"Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

D'Abrera, B. 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne, xx + 593 pp.
Carcasson, R.H., 1960, "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society pdf Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Rothschild, W. , 1908 A New Papilio from Africa. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 44: 249-50 [1] Description
Jackson,T. H. E. 1956 Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Kigezi District of Uganda with descriptions of new species and subspecies Journal of The East Africa Natural History Society Volume XXIII [2] Figure of male Plate 1