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INSECT FACTS |
Identification
The Four-barred Swordtail is a brown and white butterfly with four parallel brown bars running from the leading edge of each forewing. The bars nearest the body continue onto the hindwing. The hindwings have a long pointed tail. Adult butterflies usually fly within 2m of the ground.
Size
wingspan: male 49mm; female 53mm
Habitat
vine forest, rainforest
Food
larvae feed on plants of the Melodorum genus
Range
eastern coastal Queensland and north east New South Wales
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Papilionidae | | Genus: | Protographium | | Species: | leosthenes | | Common Name: | Four-barred Swordtail |
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