Papilio nobilis, the noble swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.
The larvae feed on Warburgia ugandensis.
Taxonomy Papilio nobilis is a member of the oribazus species group. The clade members are: Papilio oribazus Boisduval, 1836 Papilio epiphorbas Boisduval, 1833 Papilio nobilis Rogenhofer, 1891
Subspecies Papilio nobilis nobilis (highlands of Kenya, Lake Victoria, eastern Uganda, north-western Tanzania) Papilio nobilis didingensis Carpenter, 1928 Carpenter, 1928. Two collections of butterflies from the S.E. corner of the Sudan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76: 25-54. (southern Sudan) Papilio nobilis crippsianus Stoneham, 1936 .Stoneham, H.F. 1936d. Description of a new butterfly of the genus Papilio from western Uganda Protectorate. Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (30): 2 pp. (Congo Republic, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania) Papilio nobilis mpanda Kielland, 1990Kielland, J. 1990 Butterflies of Tanzania. Hill House, Melbourne and London: 1-363 (western Tanzania)
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