Atrophaneura sycorax is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 from the Papilionidae family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 that is found in Sumatra

Sumatra

Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...

, South Burma and West Java

Java

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The wingspan is 130–140 mm. The wings are black. There is a wide dull-white marking on each of the hind wings. The body is completely covered in yellow hair. Females are can be black or dark-brown. The wing veins are bordered in white.

The larvae feed on Aristolochia cathcartii, Aristolochia coadunata, Aristolochia singalangensis and Thottea

Thottea

Thottea is a genus of flowering plants in the pipevine family, Aristolochiaceae.-Selected species:*Thottea grandiflora Rottb.*Thottea siliquosa Ding Hou-External links:...

species.

Subspecies

• Atrophaneura sycorax sycorax (Sumatra)
• Atrophaneura sycorax egertoni (Distant, 1886) (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya)
• Atrophaneura sycorax pariwononis Tsukada & Nishiyama (western Java)