five-bar swordtail

noun

An Asian papilionid butterfly, of species Graphium antiphates, having five short black bands on the forewing.

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nounfive-bar swordtail (plural five-bar swordtails)

plural five-bar swordtails

  1. An Asian papilionid butterfly, of species Graphium antiphates, having five short black bands on the forewing.
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