Red-bodied swallowtail Red-bodied swallowtail Red-bodied swallowtails are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera "Atrophaneura", "Byasa", "Losaria", or "Pachliopta". They are generally found in Asia (Indomalaya ecozone). Collectors have found the red-bodied swallowtails difficult to kill. Pinching the thorax, a method which kills most butterflies, is withstood and apparently only stuns the butterfly temporarily. The eggs are simple. The larvae resemble those of other Troidini. Fleshy spine-like tubercles, often with red tips, line the caterpillars' backs, and their bodies are dark red to brown and velvety black or shades of grey with a pattern of black lines. They feed
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