FIGURE 8. A in A new subspecies of Papilio saharae Oberthür, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) from Lampedusa, Italy

FIGURE 8. A series of Papilio saharae aferpilaggi ssp. nov. specimens with pairs of Papilio machaon subspecies from the Mediterranean Basin and of P. saharae saharae. From the left, first column: P. machaon hispanicus, SPAIN, Teruel, ♁ and ♀ VI.2015 (Coll. LFC); P. s. saharae, MOROCCO, Tizi-Tazouguart, ♁ IV.2018 and Azgour, ♀ VI.2018 (Coll. LFC); second column: P. m. sphyrus, ITALY, Sicily, Il Pagliaio delle Madonie, ♁ and ♀ VI.2019 (Coll. AC); P. m. mauretanica, MOROCCO, Azrou, ♁ and ♀ VI.2018 (Coll. LFC); third column: P. s. aferpilaggi ssp. nov. ITALY, Lampedusa, ♁ VIII.2022, ♁ VII.2022, ♁ IX.2022, ♀ IX.2022 and ♀ VI.2021 (Coll. LFC); fourth column: P. m. melitensis, MALTA, Selmun, ♁ I.2019 and ♀ V.2019 (Coll. LFC); P. m. syriacus, GREECE, Samos, ♁ VII.2018 (Coll. LFC) and ISRAEL, Moshav Kidron, ♀ V.2008 (Coll. AC) – scale bar increments: mm/in. (Photo: A. Catania).