Papilio saharae saharae

Taxobox
name = Sahara Swallowtail

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Museum specimen from Morocco
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Papilionidae
subfamilia = Papilioninae
tribus = Papilionini
genus = Papilio
species = "P. saharae"
binomial = "saharae"
binomial_authority = Oberthur, 1879

The Sahara Swallowtail ("Papilio saharae"), is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in North Africa and Arabia.

References

*Pittaway, A.R., Larsen, T.B., Clarke, C.A., SMITH, C.R., Crnjar, R. & Clarke, F.M.M. 1994. "Papilio saharae" Oberthür, 1879, specifically distinct from Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). "Entomologist's Gazette" 45: 223- 249.

External links

* [http://perso.wanadoo.es/tarrieri/papillons/index_wanadoo.htm Tarrantier, Maroc Butterflies]