Pachliopta phlegon

Pachliopta phlegon is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails) that is found in the Philippines.

Pachliopta phlegon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Genus:
Pachliopta
Species:
P. phlegon
Binomial name
Pachliopta phlegon
(C. & R. Felder, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio phlegon C. & R. Felder, 1864
  • Papilio annae phlegon Rothschild, 1895
  • Pachliopta annae phlegon
  • Atrophaneura phlegon (C. & R. Felder, 1864)

The larvae feed on Aristolochia species.

References
  1. Atrophaneura at Funet
  • Page M. G.P & Treadaway,C. G. 2003 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part XVII (17), Papilionidae IX Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-45-7


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