Skip to content

Butterfly

Joachim Wiegers won 2nd prize in the 2015 photo competition for the sponsorship of the Papilio zenobia butterfly.

  • Name
    Butterfly
  • Scientific Name
    Papilio cenobia
  • Sponsor
    Joachim Wiegers

Swallowtail

Joachim Wiegers won 2nd prize in the 2015 photo competition for the sponsorship of the butterfly Papilio zenobia.

Papilio zenobia is a butterfly from the swallowtail family (Papilionidae). Its wingspan is 8 - 10 cm, the basic wing colour is brown to black with a cream-coloured band across the hind and forewings.

They live in the humid rainforests of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (South), Cameroon, Bioko, Congo, Republic of Congo, Uganda (West).

This species is endangered due to the destruction of the rainforests.

Privacy Settings
This site uses cookies and third party elements to provide you with certain features and an optimal website experience. These include cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the site, cookies for anonymous statistical analysis/measurement, and the embedding of external services whose use you must consent to prior to use. You can find more information below in the notes on the individual functions and in detail in our privacy policy.
These cookies are necessary to enable the basic functions of our website.
This consent allows you to view external contents (via iframe).
This consent allows you to watch embedded videos.
Page views are recorded for anonymous statistical purposes using Matomo in order to constantly optimise our website. The visitor's IP address is anonymised.
Marketing cookies from Google/Meta are used to display personalised advertising. This is done by tracking visitors across websites.
Settings saved