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Narrative
Papilio cynorta group of swallowtails is unusual in that the females do not look like the males (sexually dimorphic). The group is made up o the following (an * indicates that this species is pictured):
SPECIES - - - - -LOCATION
Papilio cynorta* - Ghana to Uganda
Papilio echerioides* - East Africa
Papilio fullerborni* - Tanzania and Malawi
Papilio jacksoni* - East Africa
Papilio plagiatus - Southwest Africa
Papilio sjostedti* - Local - Tanzania
Papilio zoroastres - Widespread in Africa
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 - cynorta Swallowtials
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Sexually Dimorphic african Swallowtails
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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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