Papilio demodocus

TaxID: 262651

Basic Information

Papilio demodocus

Christmas Butterfly, Orange Dog, citrus butterfly

Papilio demodocus, the citrus swallowtail or Christmas butterfly, is a swallowtail butterfly which commonly occurs over the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa, including Madagascar, besides the southern Arabian Peninsula. The caterpillars feed on various native plants of especially the family Rutaceae, but have also taken to the leaves of cultivated citrus trees.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Papilionidae

Papilio

demodocus

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Papilio demodocus
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(c) magdastlucia@BY-NC
Papilio demodocus
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(c) suzannevf@BY-NC
Papilio demodocus
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(c) Sunčana Bradley@BY
Papilio demodocus
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(c) Chris Vynbos@BY-SA
Papilio demodocus
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(c) Paul Cools@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Sao Tome and Principe Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (55 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Botswana Present —
Central African Republic Present —
Switzerland Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Cameroon Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature