Pharmacophagus
(Redirected from Madagascar Giant Swallowtail)
| Pharmacophagus | |
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| Near Toliara, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Papilioninae |
| Tribe: | Troidini |
| Genus: | Pharmacophagus Haase, 1891 |
| Species: | P. antenor
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| Binomial name | |
| Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1775)
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Pharmacophagus antenor, the Madagascar giant swallowtail, is a butterfly from the family Papilionidae. As the common name implies, it is large (12– to 14-cm wingspan) and endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species in the genus Pharmacophagus.
The larvae feed on Aristolochia acuminata and Quisqualis grandidieri.
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Near Toliara, Madagascar -
Specimen at the National Zoological Museum of China -
chrysalis, Isalo National Park, Madagascar -
empty chrysalis, Isalo National Park, Madagascar -
Feeding
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Further reading
[edit]- 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.
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