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.

Atrophaneura sycorax
A. sycorax depicted in Rhopalocera Malayana (figure 10)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Atrophaneura
Species:
A. sycorax
Binomial name
Atrophaneura sycorax
(Grose-Smith, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Papilio sycorax Grose-Smith, 1885
  • Papilio sycorax Rothschild, 1895
  • Papilio egertoni Distant, 1886
  • Parides sycorax egertoni[1]
  • Papilio egertoni Distant, 1886

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
  1. Atrophaneura at Funet
  2. "ButterflyCorner.net". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-07-17.


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