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Subfamily Papilioninae

Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus - male

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - male

Giant Swallowtail caterpiller on sour orange (I moved it from a satsuma) - Papilio rumiko

Giant swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes - female

Palamedes swallowtail - Papilio palamedes

Easter Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus - male - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Papilionidae (Swallowtails, Parnassians)

Subfamily Papilioninae

Life Cycle

Battus:

Eurytides:

Papilio:

Contributed by Cotinis on 23 February, 2006 - 12:12am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 4 June, 2021 - 3:28pm

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