Sapaba, Nigeria; April 1946 |
Not uncommon in lowland forest of Central and western Tropical Africa
(Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Benin and east to Nigeria).
P
zenobius is a synonym. A member of the "zenobia complex" which
is greatly in need of revision. Note the characteristic lemon yellow color
to the wing bands which help to distinguish it from the very similar Papilio
fernandus praecola Papilio filaprae
musulanus and Papilio mechowianus.