Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates (Cramer, [1776])


South-East 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
Fünfstrich Schwertschwanz
Fivebar Swordtail
വരയൻ വാൾവാലൻ
หางดาบธรรมดา
綠鳳蝶
オナガタイマイ

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
AnnonaceaeDesmos chinensisDwarf ylang-ylang
Desmos cochinchinensis
Melodorum
Uvaria curtisii
Uvaria grandiflora

Synonyms and other combinations

Pathysa albescensChou, Yuan & Wang, 2000

Known subspecies

SpeciesAuthorLocus typicus
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates antiphatesCramer, 1776
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates itamputiButler, 1885Indonesia, Sumatra
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates karimatanumHanafusa, 1990Indonesia, SW Borneo, Karimata Island
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates nairaMoore, 1903
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates pompiliusFabricius, 1787
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates pulauensisEliot, 1983
Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates tamputiButler, 1885

Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates is a member of the clade Graphium antiphates

SpeciesAuthor
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) dorcusde Haan, 1840
Graphium (Pathysa) epaminondas(Oberthür, 1879)
Graphium (Pathysa) euphrates(C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Graphium (Pathysa) euphratoidesEimer, 1889
Graphium (Pathysa) nomius(Esper, [1799])
Graphium (Pathysa) rhesus(Boisduval, 1836)
Graphium (Pathysa) stratiotes(Grose-Smith, 1897)
Distribution
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Adult, underside.

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China, 香港
Adult, underside.

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China, 香港
Adult, underside.

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China, 香港
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