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never reaches the base of the cellule. Hindwing usually with free discal spots in cellules 2—5 and with a broad basal transverse band, which covers the greater part of the cell and the base of cellules 1 c, 2, 6 and 7. Forewing always with discal spots in cellules 1 b, 3, 7 and 8, and usually also with small ones in 2, 4, 5 and 6; the cell mostly with three spots. —
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R. & J. differs from all the preceding in that the light basal transverse band of the hindwing only extends as far as the base of vein 2. Abyssinia. —
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in the markings. German East Africa and Pemba Island.
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307:Papilio (Cosmodesmus) leonidas leonidas
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283:Papilio (Cosmodesmus) leonidas leonidas
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641:Graphium leonidas zanzibaricus
623:Graphium leonidas santamarthae
399:Papilio leonidas santa-marthae
391:Graphium leonidas zanzibaricus
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1126:Butterflies described in 1793
466:recto (top) and verso of male
242:Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
632:Graphium leonidas thomasius
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614:Graphium leonidas pelopidas
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802:Encyclopedie Entomologique
608:Graphium leonidas leonidas
407:Papilio leonidas thomasius
355:Graphium leonidas leonidas
343:Graphium leonidas leonidas
331:Graphium leonidas leonidas
402:Joicey & Talbot, 1927
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553:Monanthotaxis caffra
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