Pachliopta antiphus

Pachliopta antiphus is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae (swallowtails) that is found in Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.^[1]

Pachliopta antiphus
Pachliopta antiphus top right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Pachliopta
Species:	P. antiphus
Binomial name
Pachliopta antiphus Page & Treadaway, 2003
Synonyms
Papilio antiphus Fabricius, 1793 Papilio aristolochiae antiphus Rothschild, 1895 Pachliopta aristolochiae antiphus Atrophaneura antiphus (Fabricius, 1793) Papilio acuta Druce, 1873 Atrophaneura yoshikoae Okano, 1988

The larvae feed on Aristolochia.

Taxonomy

The taxonomic position of P. a. antiphus is uncertain. It is regarded as conspecific with Pachliopta aristolochiae by Tsukada and Nishiyama (1982) and Fujioka et al. but recognized as a separate species by Page & Treadaway (1995).

Subspecies

• P. a. antiphus
• P. a. acuta (Druce, 1873) – Philippines: Jolo, Mapun, Tawitawi, Sanga Sanga, Sibutu, Basilan
• P. a. brevicauda (Staudinger, 1889) – Philippines: Busuanga, Cuyo, Dumaran, Palawan
• P. a. elioti (Page & Treadaway, 1995) – Philippines: Siasi

The following subspecies are treated as junior synonyms of Pachliopta antiphus antiphus by Page & Treadaway (1995):

• Papilio aristolochiae poseidippus Fruhstorfer, 1911
• Papilio aristolochiae kameiros Fruhstorfer, 1911