Spicebush and Pipevine Swallowtails
Papilio troilus
Spicebush Swallowtail
Male and female mimic Pipevine Swallowtail, below
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 Tribe Papilionini (Fluted Swallowtails) Genus Papilio Species troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail) Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Battus philenor
Pipevine Swallowtail
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 Tribe Troidini (Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails) Genus Battus Species philenor (Pipevine Swallowtail) Linnaeus, 1771 |
Model for Tiger Swallowtail female, dark form, and Spicebush mimics
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Male
On ox-eye daisy