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Name:
Common name:
Papilio phorcas → Apple-green swallowtail, Green-banded swallowtail
Synonym:
Papilio phorcas → Papilio phorcas ansorgei, (Rothschild, 1896)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Papilionidae → Papilio → phorcas → Papilio phorcas → Cramer, 1775
Protection status:
Location:
Central African Republic / Africa
Size of plexiglas box:
Length: 9,6 cm
Width: 2,3 cm
Height: 8 cm
Size of the specimen:
Weight:
Papilio phorcas was first described by Cramer in 1775. It is a common moth throughout the Central African tropics. Characteristic and eponymous for this moth is its black coloring with the green band running in the middle.
The installation of the zoological specimen in the plexiglass box was made in a German taxidermy studio.
