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Narrative
Papilio mechowi group of swallowtails do not have tails and the males and females are similar in pattern. The following species are in this group (an * indicates that this species is pictured):
SPECIES - - - - - LOCATION
Papilio andronicus - Local - Cameroon
Papilio gallienus* - Central and south central Africa
Papilio maesseni - Local - Ghana
Papilio mechowi* - Central Africa
Papilio mechowianus* - Widespread in Africa
Papilio zenobia* - Ghana to Uganda
Papilio zenobius* - West Africa and South (=cypraeofila)
Swallowtail - Mechows Swallowtail (Papilio mechowi) is found from Cameroon to the Central African Republic to Uganda and Angola.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Lepidoptera
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Butterflies And Moths
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Family
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Papilionidae
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Swallowtails
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SubFamily
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Papilio - gallienus plus Mechowi
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Swallowtails - Africa Tailless
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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