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Graphium antheus

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Large Striped Swordtail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Graphium
Species:
G. antheus
Binomial name
Graphium antheus
(Angas, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Papilio antheus (Angas, 1849)
  • Papilio nyassae Butler, 1877
  • Papilio lurlinus Butler, 1883
  • Papilio utuba Hampson, 1891

The Larger Striped Swordtail (Graphium antheus) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family, found in tropical Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 70–75 mm in females. Fight period is year-round, peaking from November to December.[2]

The larva feed on Uvaria caffra, Artabotrys monteiroae, Annona reticulata, ]]Annona senegalensis]], Artabotrys brachypetalus, Cleistochlamys kirkii, [Hexalobus monopetalus]], Landolphia ugandensis, Monanthotaxis caffra, Monodora junodi, Uvaria kirkii.[2][1]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Graphium antheus.
  1. ^ a b Graphium, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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