Papilio phorcas

Apple-green swallowtail
	both Kakamega Forest, Kenya
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. phorcas
Binomial name
	Papilio phorcas; Cramer, [1775]
Synonyms
	List Princeps phorcas ; Papilio doreus Fabricius, 1775 ; Papilio thersander Fabricius, 1793 ; Papilio phorcas f. media Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio nandina Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 ; Papilio phorcas tippelskirchi Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio phorcas f. thersandroides Aurivillius, 1908 ; Papilio phorcas bardamu f. velledae Canu, 1994 ; Papilio phorcas caspor Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio phorcas ab. kassaiensis Strand, 1916 ; Papilio phorcas f. bergeri Storace, 1955 ; Papilio phorcas f. xera Storace, 1955 ; Papilio phorcas f. viridissima Basquin & Turlin, 1986 ; Papilio phorcas congoanus f. ponzonii Sala, 1992 ; Papilio phorcas leopoldi Suffert, 1904 ; Papilio phorcas ab. phorcadius Strand, 1911 ; Papilio phorcas f. ruscoei Krüger, 1928 ; Papilio phorcas f. mutans Le Cerf, 1924 ; Papilio phorcas f. furcula Bryk, 1927 ; Papilio phorcas f. inexpectata Bryk, 1927 ; Papilio phorcas pseudothersander Krüger, 1937 ; Papilio phorcas f. polyxena Stoneham, 1951 ; Papilio phorcas f. bayoni Storace, 1955 ; Papilio phorcas nilotica Storace, 1961 ; Papilio phorcas tenuifasciatus f. meto Kielland, 1990 ;

Papilio phorcas, the apple-green swallowtail or green-banded swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in Africa.

The larvae feed on Teclea nobilis, Teclea simplicifolia, Macrostylis villosa, Vepris, Calodendrum, Clausena, Citrus, Fagara and Toddalia species.