Papilio wilsoni is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found in Ethiopia.
Taxonomy Papilio wilsoni belongs to a clade called the nireus species-group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are:
Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897 Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843 Papilio chitondensis de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966 Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904 Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952 Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939 Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879 Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995 Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798 Papilio microps Storace, 1951 Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900 Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961 Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926
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