Pharmacophagus

Madagascar Giant Swallowtail
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)
Synonyms
Papilio antenor Drury, [1773] Papilio antenor var. gehleni Le Moult, 1912 Papilio antenor var. albomaculata Le Moult, 1912 Papilio antenor f. niger Diehl, 1962

Pharmacophagus antenor is a butterfly from the family Papilionidae. 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.

External links

• Fiebig
• Larval stages