Little is known about Africa's largest butterfly, the giant African swallowtail.. But scientists do know that Papilio antimachus is in decline due to habitat destruction and it is also poached by ...

The species, known in Latin as Papilio antimachus, was discovered in 1782. Its black-streaked orange-brown wings are extraordinary. They reach up to 25 centimetres (9.8 inches) ...

The species, known in Latin as Papilio antimachus, was discovered in 1782. Its black-streaked orange-brown wings are extraordinary. They reach up to 25 centimeters across, making it one of the ...

Suspended from branches high above the ground, Nicolas Moulin looked through his binoculars over a seemingly endless sea of emerald green. Somewhere beneath the forest canopy was the African giant ...