Papilio bromius

Broadly green-banded swallowtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. chrapkowskoides
Binomial name
Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
Synonyms
Papilio bromius chrapkowskoides ab. opposita Storace, 1952 Doriana interjacens Storace, 1961 Papilio nurettini Koçak, 1983 Papilio bromius Doubleday, 1845 Papilio bromius ab. tessmanni Strand, 1913 Papilio bromius ab. incerta Strand, 1913 Papilio bromius bromius ab. impunctata Dufrane, 1946 Papilio bromius bromius chrapkowskii ab. ornata Dufrane, 1946 Papilio bromius bromius f. macrops Storace, 1951 Papilio bromius bromius f. latior Storace, 1951 Papilio bromius bromius f. imitans Storace, 1951 Papilio bromius bromius f. angustevittata Storace, 1951 Papilio bromius bromius f. caerulea Storace, 1951 Papilio bromius bromius var. tenuis Storace, 1951 Papilio bromius bromius var. septentrionicola Storace, 1951 Papilio bromius furvus Joicey & Talbot, 1926

Papilio chrapkowskoides, the broadly green-banded swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola.

The larvae feed on Calodendrum capense, Teclea, Vepris, and Citrus species.

Papilio chrapkowskoides nerminae is treated as a full species by some authors.

Papilio chrapkowskoides is a member of the Papilio genus, of which Papilio appalachiensis and Papilio xuthus are also members. Papilio chrapkowskoides 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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