Graphium antheus

Large Striped Swordtail
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Graphium
Species:	G. antheus
Binomial name
Graphium antheus (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
Papilio antheus (Cramer, 1849) Papilio nyassae Butler, 1877 Papilio lurlinus Butler, 1883 Papilio utuba Hampson, 1891 Papilio antharis Godart, 1819 Papilio antheus evombaroides Eimer, 1889 Papilio mercutius Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894 Papilio hollandi Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1894 Papilio antheus ab. scheffleri Strand, 1909 Papilio antheuslatepictulus Strand, 1914 Papilio antheus ab. combinata Strand, 1914 Papilio antheus f. micrevombaroides Strand, 1914 Papilio antheus ab. misanus Strand, 1914 Papilio antheus ab. hoesemanni Strand, 1914 Papilio antheus ab. rubrimacula Strand, 1914 Papilio antheus ab. comma Strand, 1914 Papilio (Cosmodesmus) antheus antheus ab. mathieui Dufrane, 1946 Papilio (Cosmodesmus) antheus antheus ab. paradoxa Dufrane, 1946 Papilio antheus f. atrantheus Basquin & Turlin, 1986

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

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

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.