Papilio dardanus

butterfly

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In lepidopteran: Protection against danger
…notably the African swallowtail (Papilio dardanus). The occurrence of different species of inedible butterfly models in various geographic regions has been accompanied by the evolution of correspondingly different mimetic females of this single species of swallowtail. In North America the tiger swallowtail (P. glaucus) has mostly black females wherever…
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In evolution: Diversifying selection
A species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio dardanus, is endemic in tropical and Southern Africa. Males have yellow and black wings, with characteristic tails in the second pair of wings. But females in many localities are conspicuously different from males; their wings lack tails and have colour patterns that vary from…
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