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Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Papilionidae > Subfamily: Papilioninae > Genus: Papilio

Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail)

Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail)

Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail)

Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail) male with broken wing, Qhudeni. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

Top: Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail), Lake St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [photo Neil Gray ©]

Bottom: Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail) male with broken wing, Burman Bush. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]