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African Swallowtail - Papilio dardanus
Africa south of the Sahara.
The following 13 subspecies are being recognized:
Papilio dardanus dardanus - Senegal to West-Kenya;
Papilio dardanus sulfurea - São Tomé and Príncipe, Bioko);
Papilio dardanus figinii - highlands of Eritrea;
Papilio dardanus antinorii - highlands of Ethiopia;
Papilio dardanus byatti - highlands of North-Somalia;
Papilio dardanus ochraceana - Mount Marsabit (North-Kenya);
Papilio dardanus flavicornis - Mount Kulal (Northwest-Kenya);
Papilio dardanus polytrophus - Kenyan highlands east of the Rift Valley;
Papilio dardanus meseres - Uganda, Southwest-Kenya, West-Tanzania;
Papilio dardanus tibullus - East-Kenya, East-Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe;
Papilio dardanus cenea - South-Mozambique and Botswana to South Africa;
Papilio dardanus humbloti - Comoro Islands;
Papilio dardanus meriones - Madagascar.
Of this species there are no Nature Photo's available.