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INSECT FACTS |
Identification
The Five-barred Swordtail is a brown and white butterfly with five parallel brown bars running from the leading edge of each forewing. The wings have a brown border a the outer edge with a dotted white line within the border. It is similar to the Four-barred Swordtail which has a broader brown border edging the forewings and, as the name indicates, has four brown bars. The Five-barred Swordtail has a long pointed tail on the hindwings. Adult butterflies are rapid fliers.
Other Names
Chain Swordtail
Size
wingspan: male 48mm; female 55mm
Habitat
deciduous vine forest
Food
butterfly larvae feed on Miliusa traceyi, Polyalthia nitidissma, Pseuduvaria froggatti
Range
distributed in small localities along eastern coastal Queensland tropics
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Papilionidae | | Genus: | Graphium | | Species: | aristeus | | Common Name: | Five-barred Swordtail |
Relatives in same Genus
Green Spotted Triangle (G. agamemnon)
Pale Triangle (G. eurypylus)
Macleay's Swallowtail (G. macleayanus)
Blue Triangle (G. sarpedon)
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