Article from France24: https://www.france24.com/en/20191226-in-an-african-forest-the-enduring-mystery-of-a-giant-butterflywww.france24.com/en/20191226-in-an-african-forest-the-enduring-mystery-of-a-giant-butterfly
The article concerns a swallotail, Papilio antimachus, "the largest butterfly to appear by day on the African continent, virtually unrecorded in scientific annals." So, like white witch, we have an iconic "biggest" insect, about which we know little, including the caterpillar stage. A recent expedition of 20 people hunted for the immature stages in tCentral African Republic, exploring the entirety of a canopy liana species, the presumed host plant. No luck.
It would certainly be interesting to put 20 people onto the white witch question, in the environs of one of the geographic hotspots we know of for this species.
The article concerns a swallotail, Papilio antimachus, "the largest butterfly to appear by day on the African continent, virtually unrecorded in scientific annals." So, like white witch, we have an iconic "biggest" insect, about which we know little, including the caterpillar stage. A recent expedition of 20 people hunted for the immature stages in tCentral African Republic, exploring the entirety of a canopy liana species, the presumed host plant. No luck.
It would certainly be interesting to put 20 people onto the white witch question, in the environs of one of the geographic hotspots we know of for this species.