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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails (Troidini) » Battus » Polydamas Swallowtail - Hodges#4158 (Battus polydamas) » Polydamas Swallowtail  (Battus polydamas polydamas)

Subspecies Battus polydamas polydamas - Polydamas Swallowtail

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Male or Female Polydamas - Battus polydamas Polydamas caterpillar - Battus polydamas Polydamas Swallowtail - Battus polydamas Polydamas Swallowtail- Battus polydamas - Battus polydamas - 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
Tribe Troidini (Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails)
Genus Battus
Species polydamas (Polydamas Swallowtail - Hodges#4158)
Subspecies polydamas (Polydamas Swallowtail )
Numbers
The nominate race occupies the greatest range, but there are many subspecies (notable populations, i.e. specialized endemic races)
Battus polydamas
Range
RANGE: "continental"
sw. USA straying North
Mainland Central America
Most of Mainland South America
Habitat
Variable
Season
All year
Food
Aristolochia
Remarks
Battus polydamas polydamas(Linnaeus, 1758)
Polydamas Swallowtail

RANGE: "continental"
sw. USA straying North
Central American Mainland
Most of the South American Mainland
See Also
Battus polydamas and its many subspecies
Internet References
ssp. polydamas
Contributed by Bill Reynolds on 19 June, 2012 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 11 August, 2016 - 1:08pm

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