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Pharmacophagus
Near Toliara, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Subfamily:	Papilioninae
Tribe:	Troidini
Genus:	Pharmacophagus Haase, 1891
Species:	P. antenor
Binomial name
Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1775)
Synonyms
Papilio antenor Drury, Papilio antenor var. gehleni Le Moult, 1912 Papilio antenor var. albomaculata Le Moult, 1912 Papilio antenor f. niger Diehl, 1962

Pharmacophagus antenor, the Madagascar giant swallowtail, is a butterfly from the family Papilionidae. As the common name implies, it is large (12– to 14-cm wingspan) and endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species in the genus Pharmacophagus.

The larvae feed on Aristolochia acuminata and Quisqualis grandidieri.

• Near Toliara, Madagascar
• Specimen at the National Zoological Museum of China
• chrysalis, Isalo National Park, Madagascar
• empty chrysalis, Isalo National Park, Madagascar
• Feeding

Further reading

• Hancock, E.G., Broadsmith-Brown, G., Douglas, A.S. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2008. William Hunter's Museum and discovery of the Madagascan pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1773). Antenna, Chiswell Green32(1): 10–17.

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• Larval stages

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