Pachliopta phlegon is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails) that is found in the Philippines.
Pachliopta phlegon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Pachliopta |
Species: | P. phlegon
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Binomial name | |
Pachliopta phlegon | |
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The larvae feed on Aristolochia species.
References
edit- 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
- Media related to Atrophaneura phlegon at Wikimedia Commons