Papilio demodocus

Citrus swallowtail
Both in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. demodocus
Binomial name
Papilio demodocus Esper, 1798[2][3]
Synonyms
Papilio demodocus var. nubila Capronnier, 1881 Papilio demodocus decusdemo Suffert, 1904 Papilio demodocus albicans Suffert, 1904 Papilio demodocus ab. karema Strand, 1911 Papilio demodocus ab. cariei Le Cerf, 1913 Papilio demodocus ab. tessmanni Schultze, 1914 Papilio demodocus ab. conflua Strand, 1914 Papilio demodocus f. epunctatus Le Cerf, 1927 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. minor Dufrane, 1936 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. juncta Dufrane, 1936 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. semijuncta Dufrane, 1936 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. mathieui Dufrane, 1936 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. houzeaui Dufrane, 1936 Papilio demodocus f. longsdoni Krüger, 1937 Papilio demodocus f. oblongula Berio, 1941 Papilio demodocus f. viginta Berio, 1941 Papilio demodocus f. adla Berio, 1941 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. vreuricki Dufrane, 1946 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. duboisi Dufrane, 1946 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. aurantiaca Dufrane, 1946 Papilio demodocus demodocus ab. ochrea Dufrane, 1946 Papilio demodocus ab. dufranei Berger, 1950 Papilio demodocus ab. overlaeti Berger, 1950 Papilio demodocus f. confluens Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus f. bennettoides Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus f. atromaculatus Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus f. continua Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus f. deminuta Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus f. flavocincta Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus f. latevittata Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus f. pseudopraeses Storace, 1963 Papilio demodocus ab. belonota Vári, 1976 Papilio bennetti Dixey, 1898

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.^[4]