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Papilio phorcas
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<p><i>Papilio phorcas</i>, the apple-green swallowtail or green-banded swallowtail, is a <a href="/facts/Butterfly/qlSgwlRx">butterfly</a> of the family <a href="/facts/Papilionidae/usXKtHsU">Papilionidae</a>. It is found in <a href="/facts/Africa/XkqQUP9s">Africa</a>. </p><p>The larvae feed on <i><a href="/facts/Teclea_nobilis/Dp5dhl9T">Teclea nobilis</a></i>, <i>Teclea simplicifolia</i>, <i>Macrostylis villosa</i>, <i><a href="/facts/Vepris/Acaw2QVT">Vepris</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Calodendrum/A6SQowRw">Calodendrum</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Clausena/PXM7Rm8n">Clausena</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Citrus/6FqG38Dk">Citrus</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Fagara/rcppIlyW">Fagara</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Toddalia/G9kNfWQj">Toddalia</a></i> species. </p>