Graphium antheus

Large Striped Swordtail
At Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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])[1]
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 and sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 70–75 mm in females. Fight period is year-round, peaking from November to December.[3]

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][3]

References

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  1. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File C – Papilionidae - Tribe Leptocercini
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Graphium, funet.fi
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.