Graphium antheus
| Large Striped Swordtail | |
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| Species: | G. antheus
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| Graphium antheus (Angas, 1849)
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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, and Uvaria kirkii.[2][1]
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