Atrophaneura sycorax
Atrophaneura sycorax is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found from southern Burma to Peninsular Malaysia, and in Sumatra and western Java.
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| A. sycorax depicted in Rhopalocera Malayana (figure 10) | |
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| Genus: | Atrophaneura |
| Species: | A. sycorax |
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| Atrophaneura sycorax (Grose-Smith, 1885) | |
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The wingspan is 130–140 mm. The wings are black. There is a wide dull-white marking on each of the hindwings. The body is completely covered in yellow hair. Females can be black or dark brown. The wing veins are bordered in white.[2]
The larvae feed on Aristolochia species: A. cathcartii, A. coadunata, A. singalangensis and Thottea species.
Subspecies
- Atrophaneura sycorax sycorax (Sumatra)
- Atrophaneura sycorax egertoni (Distant, 1886) (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya)
- Atrophaneura sycorax pariwononis Tsukada & Nishiyama (western Java)
References
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