Papilio menestheus, the western emperor swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.Papilio at Funet
The larvae feed on Citrus species and Fagara macrophylla.
Taxonomy Papilio menestheus is the nominal member of the menestheus species group. The members of the clade are: Papilio menestheus Drury, 1773 Papilio lormieri Distant, 1874 Papilio ophidicephalus Oberthür, 1878
Subspecies Papilio menestheus menestheus (Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon) Papilio menestheus canui Gauthier, 1984 (Equatorial Guinea)
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