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Large Striped Swordtail

Graphium antheus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Graphium antheus, the large or larger striped swordtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails), found in tropical and sub-Saharan Africa. Description The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 70–75 mm in females. The transverse bars in the cell of the forewing all separated; the apical spot in the cell of the hindwing above completely separated from the median band of the cell by the black ground-colour; the middle cell of the hindwing beneath with a deep black and red spot.

Distribution

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