Papilio ufipa

Papilio ufipa is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Tanzania. The habitat consists of riparian and montane forests at altitudes from 1000 to 2400 m.

Taxonomy
Papilio ufipa belongs to a clade called the nireus species group with 15 members. The pattern is black with green bands and spots and the butterflies, although called swallowtails lack tails with the exception of Papilio charopus and Papilio hornimani. The clade members are:


 * Papilio aristophontes Oberthür, 1897
 * Papilio nireus Linnaeus, 1758
 * Papilio charopus Westwood, 1843
 * Papilio chitondensis de Sousa & Fernandes, 1966
 * Papilio chrapkowskii Suffert, 1904
 * Papilio chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952
 * Papilio desmondi van Someren, 1939
 * Papilio hornimani Distant, 1879
 * Papilio interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995
 * Papilio manlius Fabricius, 1798
 * Papilio microps Storace, 1951
 * Papilio sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
 * Papilio thuraui Karsch, 1900
 * Papilio ufipa Carcasson, 1961
 * Papilio wilsoni Rothschild, 1926

Description
Median band narrower, straighter and bluer than in other East African races (of Papilio bromius). Submarginal spots below very large, paler mottling absent. Very similar to Papilio desmondi and can only be determined with certainty by dissection.