Mocker swallowtail

Papilio dardanus

''Papilio dardanus'' , is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae . The species is broadly distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The British entomologist E. B. Poulton described it as "the most interesting butterfly in the world".
Mocker Swallowtail (male) The Mocker Swallowtail mimics the look of other butterflies, the most common as in this one is that of the Chief Friar Geotagged,Papilio dardanus,South Africa,butterflies

Naming

Listed alphabetically.
⤷ ''P. d. antinorii'' Oberthür, 1883
⤷ ''P. d. byatti'' Poulton, 1926
⤷ ''P. d. cenea'' Stoll, [1790]
⤷ ''P. d. dardanus'' Brown, 1776
⤷ ''P. d. figinii'' Storace, 1962
⤷ ''P. d. flavicornis'' Carpenter, 1947
⤷ ''P. d. humbloti'' Oberthür, 1888
⤷ ''P. d. meriones'' C. & R. Felder, 1865
⤷ ''P. d. meseres'' Carpenter, 1948
⤷ ''P. d. ochraceana'' Vane-Wright 1995
⤷ ''P. d. polytrophus'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
⤷ ''P. d. sulfurea'' Palisot de Beauvois, 1806
⤷ ''P. d. tibullus'' Kirby, 1880

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPapilionidae
GenusPapilio
SpeciesP. dardanus
Photographed in
Madagascar
South Africa