Papilio saharae - diurnal butterfly from the family of sailing ships or gentlemen ( lat.Papilionidae ), close and similar in appearance to the machaon ( Papilio machaon )
| Papilio saharae |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Squadron : | Amphiesmenoptera |
| Infrastructure : | Butterflies |
| Treasure : | Double-breasted |
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| International scientific name |
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Papilio saharae Oberthür , 1879 |
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Content
Wingspan 60 - 100 mm. The main background color of the wings is yellow. Fore wings with black spots and veins, and with a wide black border, as well as yellow moon-shaped spots at the outer edge of the wing. The hind wings have relatively short “tails”. The color of the hind wings with blue and yellow spots, a red-brown eye, surrounded by black, is located in the corner of the wing.
- Papilio saharae saharae - North Africa , Arabian Peninsula
- Papilio saharae rathjensi Warnecke, 1932 - ( Yemen , southwest Saudi Arabia )
Deverra chloranthus , Deverra scopularia , Seseli varium , Ferula communis , Pycnocyla glauca .
- Pittaway, AR, Larsen, TB, Clarke, CA, Smith, CR, Crnjar, R. & Clarke, FMM 1994. Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879, specifically distinct from Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Entomologist's Gazette 45: 223-249.
