Papilio demodocus (Esper 1798)

So... it's been awhile.

Say hello to my version of an apology:

Photographed in Chongwe, Lusaka, Zambia, in October 2011, using an Olympus E-420 with Zuiko 40-150mm lens and 3 KOOD magnifiers. 

 This rather lovely butterfly, found still drowsy on a communal perch on a morning after heavy rain, is the Citrus Swallowtail,

Papilio demodocus 

(Esper, 1798)

As you may expect from the common name, it is associated with citrus trees; in it's native range of Sub-Saharan Africa, it can be a minor pest of cultivated citrus trees.  

Before we dive into the taxonomy, here's another angle for you:

- Papilionini 

- Papilioninae

- Papilionidae  

- Papilionoidea  

 See also Anthocharis cardamines.

- Rhopacera         

See also Acada biseriata and Metisella willemi.

- Bombycina           

See also Sphinx ligustri and Laelia robusta.

- Cossina                   

- Ditrysia                      

See also Zebronia phenice, Crambus pascuella and Nemophora degeerella.

- Heteroneura                  

- Neolepidoptera                

- Glossina                             

- Lepidoptera                         

- Amphiesmenoptera                

- Panorpida                                 

See also Panorpa germanica, Chloromyia formosa, Senaspis haemorrhoa, Helophilus pendulus, Episyrphus balteatus, Metadon inermis, Diasemopsis meigenii, Dolichotachina caudata and Megistocera filipes.

- Endopterygota                               

See also Hagenomyia tristis, Phyllobius pomaceus, Otiorhynchus atroapterus, Malachius bipustulatus, Oedemera nobilis, Melolontha melolontha, Cheilomenes lunata, Neojulodis vittipennis, Demetrias atricapillus, Anthia fornasiini, Synagris proserpina, Vespula germanica, Astata tropicalis, Anthophora furcata, Andrena nigroaenea

- Eumetabola                                         

See also Pephricus, Grypocoris stysi, Ranatra and Anoplocnemis curvipes.  

-  Neoptera                                                

See also Humbe tenuicornis, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Cyathosternum prehensile, Heteropternis thoracica, Stictogryllacris punctata, Tettigonia viridissima and Sibylla.   

- Metapterygota                                            

See also Enallagma cyathigerum, Pseudagrion hageni, Lestinogomphus angustus and Rhyothemis semihyalina.

- Pterygota                                                         

- Dicondylia                                                         

- Insecta                                                                 

- Hexapoda                                                       

- Arthropoda                                                       

See also Ligia oceanica, Dicranopalpus ramosus, Hyllus argyrotoxus, Alopecosa barbipes, Enoplognatha ovata, Argiope bruennichi and  Pardosa amentata.

- Ecdysozoa                                                            

- Protostomia                                                            

- Nephrozoa                                                                

See also Syncerus caffer, Hipposideros vittatus, Synchiropus splendidus, Thelotornis capensis, Trachylepis varia, Zootoca vivipara, Lygodactylus capensis, Troglodytes troglodytes, Chalcophaps indica, Ardea goliath, Sterna hirundo, Burhinus vermiculatus, Tockus alboterminatus, Rana temporaria and Chiromantis xerampelina.

- Bilateralia                                                                     

- Eumetazoa                                                                      

- Animalia                                                                             

- Eukaryota                                                                             

  

And, before my battery dies, that is all, folks!