TL: “China” [Guangdong, South China]
The ground colour of the upperside of both males and females is white. The forewing has the cell crossed by five short black bands, of which the basal extends to the dorsum, the sub-basal into interspace 1, the medial and pre-apical up to the median vein, and the apical or fifth along the discocellulars; this last band extends broadly on both sides of the veinlets and terminates at the lower apex of the cell; beyond these are broad postdiscal and terminal black transverse bands from costa to tornal angle; the two bands coalesce below vein 4 and terminate in a point at the tornus; the white portions of the cell anteriorly overlaid with pale green; short broken glossy green bands between the black cellular apical band and the discal band and anteriorly between the latter and the terminal band.
70-95 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
DeutschFünfstrich Schwertschwanz 
EnglishFivebar Swordtail 
മലയാളംവരയൻ വാൾവാലൻ 
ไทยหางดาบธรรมดา 
中文綠鳳蝶 
日本語オナガタイマイ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Annonaceae Desmos chinensis Dwarf ylang-ylang Annonaceae Desmos cochinchinensis Annonaceae Melodorum Annonaceae Uvaria curtisii Annonaceae Uvaria grandiflora
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Papilio antiphates Cramer, 1776 Papilio nebulosus Butler, 1881
- Subspecies
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Species Author Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates alcibiades (Fabricius, 1787) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates antiphates (Cramer, [1776]) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates itamputi (Butler, 1885) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates karimatanum Hanafusa, 1990 Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates matsui T.Saito & Vu, 2023 Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates naira (Moore, 1903) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates nebulosus (Butler, 1881) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates pompilius (Fabricius, 1787) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates pulauensis Eliot, 1983 Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates tamputi (Butler, 1885) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates toshikazui Page, 2020
- Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates is a member of the clade Graphium antiphates:
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Species Author Graphium (Pathysa) agetes (Westwood, 1843) Graphium (Pathysa) androcles (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates (Cramer, [1776]) Graphium (Pathysa) aristeus (Stoll, [1780]) Graphium (Pathysa) decolor (Staudinger, 1888) Graphium (Pathysa) dorcus de Haan, 1840 Graphium (Pathysa) epaminondas (Oberthür, 1879) Graphium (Pathysa) euphrates (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Graphium (Pathysa) euphratoides Eimer, 1889 Graphium (Pathysa) nomius (Esper, [1799]) Graphium (Pathysa) rhesus (Boisduval, 1836) Graphium (Pathysa) stratiotes (Grose-Smith, 1897)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterflies of Indo-China Y.Inayoshi Japanese Moths Lepiforum e. V.
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