Mocker Swallowtail Papilio dardanus

A British entomologist once declared this butterfly 'the most interesting butterfly in the world'—and the names it goes by suggest why. Found across Sub-Saharan Africa, it answers to intriguing aliases: mocker swallowtail, African swallowtail, flying handkerchief. Each name hints at remarkable secrets waiting to be uncovered. Early naturalists clearly held this species in extraordinarily high regard.