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| image = Papiliorex_Oberth%C3%BCr,_1886.JPG
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Papilionidae
| tribus = Papilionini
| genus = Papilio
| species = P. rex
| binomial = Papilio rex
| binomial_authority = Oberthür, 1886[1]
| synonyms =- Papilio mimeticus Rothschild, 1897
- Papilio schultzei Aurivillius, 1904
- Papilio rex var. arnoldi Richelmann, 1909
- Papilio abyssinicus Poulton, 1926
- Papilio rex f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908
- Papilio rexi f. commixta Aurivillius, 1908
- Papilio rex var. alinderi f. lindblomi Bryk, 1928
- Papilio rex f. intermediata Bryk, 1930
- Papilio rex alinderi f. holmi Bryk, 1953
- Papilio rex barnsi Le Cerf, 1924
- Papilio rex var. regulus Le Cerf, 1919
- Papilio rex ab. eisneri Bryk, 1928
- Papilio rex f. endymion Stoneham, 1951
}}Papilio rex, the regal swallowtail or king papilio, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.[2]The Kenyan forms mimic Tirumala formosa, the forest monarch butterfly. The larvae feed on Teclea tricocarpa, Teclea stuhlmanni, Calodendrum, Citrus, Clausena, Fagara and Toddalia species. DescriptionThe ground colour is black.There are numerous white markings and the base of the forewing is orange brown (sometimes black with a white streak in males). TaxonomyPapilio rex is a member of the dardanus species group. The members of the clade are: - Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776
- Papilio constantinus Ward, 1871
- Papilio delalandei Godart, [1824]
- Papilio phorcas Cramer, [1775]
- Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886
Subspecies- P. r. rex (Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), north-eastern Tanzania, central Tanzania)
- P. r. mimeticus Rothschild, 1897 (Congo Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania, western Kenya)
- P. r. franciscae Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia)
- P. r. alinderi Bryk, 1928 (Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley))
- P. r. schultzei Aurivillius, 1904 (eastern Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
- P. r. abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995 (highlands of south-eastern Ethiopia)
- P. r. regulana Vane-Wright, 1995 (Kenya (highlands east of the Rift Valley))
EcozoneAfrotropic ecozoneReferences{{Commons}}{{Wikispecies}}1. ^Papilio, 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)
- {{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}}
External links- Butterfly Corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
{{Taxonbar|from=Q7132959}}{{papilionidae-stub}} 4 : Butterflies described in 1886|Papilio|Butterflies of Africa|Taxa named by Charles Oberthür |