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by Haruo Uchida |
| Scientific Name: | Agehana maraho (Shiraki & Sonan) |
| Common Name: | Broad-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Family: |
Lepidoptera, Papilionidae |
| Honor: | The National Butterfly of Taiwan |
| Status: | Endangered Species |
| History: | Agehana maraho was first discovered in 1932 by a Japanese teacher, Suzuki. |
| Morphology: | ●Big swallowtail butterfly, about 9 to-10 cm when fully extended. ●Black front wing. ●Big central white spot on its rear wing. ●Eye-catching protracted tail with several U-shaped red marks. ●Two veins penetrating the protracted part of the rear wing. |
| Life Cycle: |
1.Egg Stage: –lasts 5 to 6 days –yellowish egg sizing 1mm in diameter 2.Caterpillar Stage: –lasts 30 to 35 days –can be divided into 5 instars (Stage in the life of an insect's larva or nymph) 3.Pupa Stage: –lasts 7 months –looks like a twig branching from a tree 4.Adult Butterfly: –distributed in mountains of the altitudes of 1000 to-2000 meters of northern and central Taiwan. |
| Host Plants: | Sassafras randaiense (an endemic plant in Taiwan) |
| Distribution: | Mountains of the altitudes of 1000 to-2000 meters of northern and central Taiwan. |
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