Pharmacophagus antenor
| Madagascar Giant Swallowtail | |
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| Pharmacophagus antenor (drury) specimen at the National Zoological Museum of China | |
| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Pharmacophagus Haase, 1891 |
| Species: | P. antenor |
| Binomial name | |
| Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1775) | |
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Pharmacophagus antenor is a butterfly from the papilionidae family. As the common name implies the Madagascar Giant Swallowtail is large (12–14 cm. wingspan) and endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species belonging to the genus Pharmacophagus.
The larvae feed on Aristolochia acuminata and Quisqualis grandidieri.
Gallery
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In flight in the Anjajavy Forest
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Male
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female
Further reading
- Hancock, E.G., Broadsmith-Brown, G., Douglas, A.S. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2008. William Hunter’s Museum and discovery of the Madagascan pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1773). Antenna, Chiswell Green32(1): 10–17.