page_title: Papilio zenobia
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Papilio zenobia / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: TransEntSocLond 1872Plate8 1 Papilio Buddha accepted name Papilio buddha Westwood, 1872 2 Papilio Papone accepted name Papilio clytia Linnaeus, 1758 variety papone Westwood 3 Papilio Odenatus accepted name Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775 4 Papilio Odenatus 5 Papilio Burchellanus accepted name Parides burchellanus (Westwood, 1872) text
context_page_description: Papilio zenobia, the Zenobia swallowtail or Volta swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. The habitat consists of wetter forest in good to reasonable condition.
  The larvae feed on Piper species, including Piper umbellatum.
context_section_description: It is a member of the zenobia species group. In the zenobia group the basic upperside wing pattern is black with white or yellowish bands and spots. The underside is brown and basally there is a red area marked with black stripes and spots. In the discal area there is a yellowish band with black stripes and veins. Females resemble butterflies of the genus Amauris. Both sexes lack tails.
  The clade members are:
  Papilio cyproeofila Butler, 1868
  Papilio fernandus Fruhstorfer, 1903
  Papilio filaprae Suffert, 1904
  Papilio gallienus Distant, 1879
  Papilio mechowi Dewitz, 1881
  Papilio mechowianus Dewitz, 1885
  Papilio nobicea Suffert, 1904
  Papilio zenobia Fabricius, 1775
caption: Plate from Transactions of the Entomological Society of London of 1872 showing both the upperside and underside of Papilio odenatus Westwood, 1872, figs. 3 and 4, now considered to be a junior synonym of P. zenobia
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