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The Green-banded Swallowtail, Narrow-banded Green Swallowtail,〔(Narrow-banded Green Swallowtail ), Learn about Butterflies〕 or African Blue-banded Swallowtail (''Papilio nireus'') is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Subsaharan Africa. The wingspan is in males and in females. Flies year-round, peaks from November to February.〔Woodhall, S. (2005) Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, p.352〕 The larvae feed on ''Calodendrum capense'', ''Teclea'' spp., ''Vepris'' spp., and ''Citrus'' spp.〔 ==Subspecies== Listed alphabetically.〔 *''P. n. aristophontes'' Oberthür, 1897 – (Comoro Is. (Grand Comore)) *''P. n. lyaeus'' Doubleday, 1845 – Narrowly Green-banded Swallowtail (Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland) *''P. n. nireus'' Linnaeus, 1758 – (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, Zambia) *''P. n. pseudonireus'' C. & R. Felder, 1865 – (northern Kenya, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea) *''P. n. wilsoni'' Rothschild, 1926 – (Ethiopia) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Papilio nireus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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