"Green-banded swallowtail" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see
Papilio phorcas.
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both P. n. lyaeus
Semliki Wildlife Reserve' Uganda
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Arthropoda
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Papilionidae
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| Genus:
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Papilio
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| Species:
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P. nireus
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| Binomial name
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Papilio nireus
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| Synonyms
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- Papilio erinus Gray, [1853]
- Papilio nireus f. nora Strand, 1915
- Papilio nireus f. dimidiatus Le Cerf, 1924
- Papilio nireoides Braun, 1932
- Papilio nireus nireus ab. bedoci Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio nireus nireus ab. punctata Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio nireus nireus ab. seeldrayersi Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio nireus nireus ab. pierardi Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio nireus nireus ab. falcata Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio nireus nireus f. houzeaui Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio nireus nireus f. tenuivittata Dufrane, 1946
- Papilio nireus nireus var. xerophila Storace, 1952
- Papilio nireus micronireus Storace, 1952
- Papilio nireus ab. lyaeoides Storace, 1952
- Papilio nireus nireus f. cedeae Sala, 1992
- Papilio lyaeus Doubleday, 1845
- Papilio lyaeus aelyus Suffert, 1904
- Papilio mantitheus Ehrmann, 1920
- Papilio nireus-lyaeus f. callistria Le Cerf, 1927
- Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. pseudonireoides Storace, 1952
- Papilio donaldsoni Sharpe, 1896
- Papilio nireus var. abyssinica Cannaviello, 1900
- Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. pseudolyaeus Storace, 1952
- Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. anticemaculata Storace, 1952
- Papilio nireus pseudonireus ab. minor Storace, 1952
- Papilio nireus pseudonireus f. semivittata Storace, 1952
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Papilio nireus, the green-banded swallowtail, narrow-banded blue swallowtail, or African blue-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.