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Regal Swallowtail
Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Papilionidae - swallowtails and apollos »  genus Papilio »  subgenus Druryia

IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

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Papilio rex rex

Papilio rex mimeticus

Papilio rex - Regal Swallowtail

Papilio rex rex

Taxon in country check-lists*

Africa: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

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Included taxa

Number of records: 8

subspecies Papilio rex abyssinicana Vane-Wright, 1995
subspecies Papilio rex alinderi Bryk, 1928
subspecies Papilio rex commixta Aurivillius, 1908
subspecies Papilio rex franciscae Carpenter, 1928
subspecies Papilio rex mimeticus Rothschild, 1897

Papilio rex mimeticus

subspecies Papilio rex regulana Vane-Wright, 1995
subspecies Papilio rex rex Oberthür, 1886

Papilio rex rex

subspecies Papilio rex schultzei Aurivillius, 1904

Links and literature

African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [Papilio_rex]

S. Sáfián, B. Kormos: African Butterfly Database (ABDB) [https://abdb-africa.org/] [as Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886]
Data retrieved on: 8 January 2025
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [122548659]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Papilio rex Oberthür, 1886]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
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