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Swallowtail

Swallowtail butterfly, large colorful butterflies from the family Papilionidae.


Aammiq Wetland

A Rocha personnel recorded several new records of species since 1998 such as: Oriental marbled skipper (Carcharodus boeticus), Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius), False Apollo (Archon apollinus), Large White (Pieris brassicae), Plain tiger (Danaus chrysippus), Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus).

Apiaceae

The black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes, utilizes the Apiaceae family for food and host plants during oviposition.

Aristolochia chilensis

Aristolochia chilensis, like the related Aristolochia bridgesii, is a larval food source for the gold rim swallowtail butterfly, Battus polydamas.

Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park

This park is the last of two known habitats of the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio homerus), the largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere and also the habitat for the endangered Jamaican Blackbird (Neospar nigerrimus), a refuge for the Jamaican Boa (Epicrates subflavus) and the Jamaican Hutia (Geocapromys brownii).

Byasa daemonius

that belongs to the Windmills genus Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.

Commemorative coins of Poland: 2001

Below a fragment of a meadow and a semicircular inscription: PAŹ KRÓLOWEJ - Papilio machaon (SWALLOWTAIL).

Dare to be Digital

The nominees for the BAFTA Ones to Watch Award 2012 are Digital Knights for Joust (IT University of Copenhagen and the University of Abertay Dundee), Evolved Ape for Dreamweaver (Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Central Lancashire) and Swallowtail for Tick Tock Toys(Norwich University College of the Arts and the University of Abertay Dundee).

Graphium browni

Graphium browni is a butterfly found in Oceania - New Britain, Duke of York Islands, New Hanover Island, St Matthias Islands that belongs to the Swallowtail family.

Lindera benzoin

Spicebush is a favorite food plant of two lepidopterous insects: the spicebush swallowtail Papilio troilus, and the promethea silkmoth, Callosamia promethea.

P. glaucus

Papilio glaucus, the Eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly species native to North America

P. rex

Papilio rex, the regal swallowtail, a butterfly species found in Africa

Pale Green Triangle

Graphium eurypylus, a swallowtail butterfly commonly known as the Great Jay or Pale Green Triangle

Papilio amynthor

The Norfolk Swallowtail (Papilio amynthor) is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family, that is found in New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands and Norfolk Island.

Papilio zelicaon

The usual range of the Anise Swallowtail extends from British Columbia and North Dakota at its northern extreme, south to the Baja California peninsula and other parts of Mexico.

Phoebus Apollo

Parnassius phoebus, a swallowtail butterfly commonly known as the Phoebus Apollo

Princeps

"Princeps" is also the name of an obsolete genus of Swallowtail butterflies (now merged with the genus Papilio).

Protographium marcellus

The Zebra Swallowtail caterpillar feeds only on species within the genus Asimina.

Pryingulsky Park

The list of rare and threatened species being under protection of the State includes Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena), Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Mammoth Wasp (Scolia maculata), Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa valga), Large Whip Snake (Coluber jugularis), Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus), Stoat or Ermine (Mustela erminea), Steppe Polecat (Mustela eversmanii) etc.

Tiger swallowtail

Papilio canadensis or Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, endemic to Canada

Papilio appalachiensis or Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail, endemic to the Appalachians

Papilio glaucus or Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, endemic to the Eastern United States

Papilio rutulus or Western Tiger Swallowtail, endemic to the Western United States

Tirumala formosa

This species is mimicked (Batesian mimicry) by the Kenyan forms of Regal Swallowtail (Papilio rex).


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