Description Mocker Swallowtail (Papilio dardanus), Carleton Butterfly Show 2011, Ottawa, Canada
Date 5 October 2911
Author D. Gordon E. Robertson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dger
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mocker_Swallowtail,_top_side.jpg

Papilio dardanus, the African swallowtail, mocker swallowtail or flying handkerchief, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). The species is broadly distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The British entomologist E. B. Poulton described it as "the most interesting butterfly in the world". Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae.