Pachliopta antiphus

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Pachliopta antiphus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Pachliopta
Species:
P. antiphus
Binomial name
Pachliopta antiphus
Page & Treadaway, 2003
Synonyms
  • Papilio antiphusFabricius, 1793
  • Papilio aristolochiae antiphusRothschild, 1895
  • Pachliopta aristolochiae antiphus
  • Atrophaneura antiphus(Fabricius, 1793)
  • Papilio acutaDruce, 1873
  • Atrophaneura yoshikoaeOkano, 1988

Pachliopta antiphus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae (swallowtails) that is found in Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. [1]

Contents

The larvae feed on Aristolochia .

Taxonomy

The taxonomic position of P. a. antiphus is uncertain. It is regarded as conspecific with Pachliopta aristolochiae by Tsukada and Nishiyama (1982) and Fujioka et al. but recognized as a separate species by Page & Treadaway (1995).

Subspecies

The following subspecies are treated as junior synonyms of Pachliopta antiphus antiphus by Page & Treadaway (1995):

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