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| name = Desmond's green-banded swallowtail
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| image = Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939.JPG
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Papilionidae
| tribus = Papilionini
| genus = Papilio
| species = P. desmondi
| binomial = Papilio desmondi
| binomial_authority = Van Someren, 1939[1]
| synonyms =- Papilio magdae Gifford, 1961
- Papilio brontes Godman, 1885
- Papilio teita van Someren, 1960
- Papilio brontes australis van Someren, 1960
}}Papilio desmondi, the Desmond's green-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.[2]The larvae feed on Vepris eugeniifolia, Teclea, Clausena, Zanthoxylum, Calodendrum, and Citrus species. Subspecies- Papilio desmondi desmondi (Chyulu Hills of south-eastern Kenya)
- Papilio desmondi magdae Gifford, 1961 (northern Tanzania)
- Papilio desmondi teita van Someren, 1960 (south-eastern Kenya)
- Papilio desmondi usambaraensis (Koçak, 1980) (Tanzania, northern Malawi, north-eastern Zambia)
DescriptionThere are sharp nervular indentations at the margin of the blue band in the fore wing. TaxonomyPapilio desmondi belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 13 members. The pattern is black with green or blue bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are: - Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897
- Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
- Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843
- Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904
- Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
- Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939
- Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
- Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
- Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900
- Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961
- Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926
References{{Commons}}{{Wikispecies}}1. ^Papilio desmondi, Site of Markku Savela
2. ^Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Papilionini
- Carcasson, R.H. (1960). "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society [https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_101755_theswallowtailbutterfliesofeas1960 pdf] Key to East Africa members of the species group, diagnostic and other notes and figures. (Permission to host granted by The East Africa Natural History Society)
External links- {{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |year=1985 |publisher=IUCN |location=Gland & Cambridge |isbn=978-2-88032-603-6 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q7132875}}{{papilionidae-stub}} 2 : Butterflies described in 1939|Papilio |