Wingspan length 50 - 60 mm, wing color white with black stripes on both sides of fore- and hind-wings. Anal area of hind wing with yellow spots. This butterfly with sword-like extention on hind wind is also called as “sword swallowtails” in Chinese. Larvae feed on Lauraceae (Cinnamommum camphora, Cinnamomum randaiense etc.). Adults appear in March - May. Distribution: throughout the low altitude mountains in Taiwan.


Category： teaching specimen
Chinese name：昇天鳳蝶
Scientific name：Pazala euroeus asakurae (Matsumura)
English name：Swallowtails; Parnasians
Author：Chun yen Chang

 

Department and graduate Institute of Entomology
National Taiwan University