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4 unusual facts about Swallowtail butterfly


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).

Aristolochiaceae

Pipevine swallowtail butterflies lay their eggs on pipevine (Aristolochia species), and the larvae dine on the plant but are not affected by the toxin, which then offers the adult butterfly protection against predators.

Byasa daemonius

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

Swallowtail

Swallowtail butterfly, large colorful butterflies from the family Papilionidae.


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.

Ipomoea hederacea

Flowers are used by some of the larger butterflies such as swallowtails and fritillaries and the ruby-throated hummingbird.

Osmeterium

The osmeterium is a fleshy organ found in the prothoracic segment of larvae (caterpillars) of Swallowtail butterflies including Birdwings and the '-prominent (Notodontidae) moths.

Princeps

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

Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo

In 1873, the newly discovered swallowtail butterfly Papilio mayo from the Andaman Islands was named in honor of the late earl.

Zanthoxylum piperitum

It is also a host plant for several of Japan indigenous swallowtail butterfly species, including the common Papilio xuthus.


see also

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).

Pale Green Triangle

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

Phoebus Apollo

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