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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) » Desert Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes coloro)

Subspecies Papilio polyxenes coloro - Desert Black Swallowtail

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))
Family Papilionidae (Swallowtails, Parnassians)
Subfamily Papilioninae
Genus Papilio
Species polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)
Subspecies coloro (Desert Black Swallowtail)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Papilio coloro W. G. Wright, 1905
Papilio rudkini F. & R. Chermock, 1937
Identification
Black with a broad yellow median band on both FW and HW.
Where its range overlaps with the Anise (P. zelicaon ), which it closely resembles as an adult, it can be distinguished by the rounder marginal yellow spots on the FW (flatter in the Anise).
Range
AZ, CA, NV, UT (desert areas where larval food plant grows)
Season
1 - 2 flights (2nd depending on summer rain); February-May, September-October
Food
Larval food: Thamnosma montana (Turpentine Broom)
Remarks
See species page for general information.
Internet References
Utah Lep. Soc. includes photos of the rare form "clarki".
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 2 May, 2008 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, David Ferguson
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 9:52am

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