Habitat
- Gardens
- Parks
- Savanna
- Woodland
Similar species
75-90 mm
85-95 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
AfrikaansGroenlintswaelstert 
EnglishAfrican Blue-banded Swallowtail EnglishGreen-banded Swallowtail EnglishNarrow Green-banded Swallowtail 
FrançaisVoilier Nirée 
中文绿霓德凤蝶 
日本語ルリアゲハ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Rutaceae Calodendrum capense Cape Chestnut Rutaceae Citrus aurantium Bitter orange Rutaceae Citrus limon Lemon Rutaceae Clausena anisata Rutaceae Toddalia asiatica Rutaceae Vepris bachmannii Rutaceae Vepris lanceolata White Ironwood Rutaceae Vepris natalensis Rutaceae Zanthoxylum
- Subspecies
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Species Author Papilio (Druryia) nireus lyaeus Doubleday, 1845 Papilio (Druryia) nireus nireus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio (Druryia) nireus pseudonireus C. & R. Felder, 1865
- Papilio (Druryia) nireus is a member of the clade Papilio nireus:
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Species Author Papilio (Druryia) charopus Westwood, 1843 Papilio (Druryia) chrapkowskii Süffert, 1904 Papilio (Druryia) chrapkowskoides Storace, 1952 Papilio (Druryia) desmondi V.G.L. van Someren, 1939 Papilio (Druryia) hornimani Distant, 1879 Papilio (Druryia) interjectana Vane-Wright, 1995 Papilio (Druryia) nireus Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio (Druryia) sosia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Papilio (Druryia) thuraui Karsch, 1900 Papilio (Druryia) ufipa Carcasson, 1961 Papilio (Princeps) aristophontes (Oberthür, 1897) Papilio (Princeps) wilsoni Rothschild, 1926
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database 
Lepiforum e. V.
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