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

Pachliopta phlegon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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