Papilio sosia

Papilio sosia
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. sosia
Binomial name
Papilio sosia
Rothschild and Jordan, 1903
Synonyms
  • Papilio sosia f. imitatrix Storace, 1951
  • Papilio sosia ab. pristina Storace, 1951
  • Papilio sosia ab. atlantica Birket-Smith, 1960

Papilio sosia, the medium green-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1903.

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