Papilio epiphorbas is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Taxonomy
Papilio epiphorbas 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 epiphorbas epiphorbas (Madagascar) Papilio epiphorbas guyonnaudi Turlin & Guilbot, 1990Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 Description de deux nouvelles sous-especes de Papilio epiphorbas de l'archipel des Comores Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 94 (7-8) : 213-219 (Anjouan) Papilio epiphorbas praedicta Turlin & Guilbot, 1990 (Grand Comore)
References
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
External links Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien