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Papilio machaon oregonius W.H. Edwards , 1876 The Oregon swallowtail ( Papilio machaon oregonius , sometimes classified as Papilio oregonius or Papilio bairdii oregonius [ 1 ] ) is a subspecies of swallowtail butterfly native to the United States of America , Oregon , Washington , and Idaho and south-central British Columbia in Canada . [ 2 ]
Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes, chrysalis Swallowtails are the largest butterflies.They range in size from 2.5–6.4 inches (6.5–16.5 cm). There are about 600 species worldwide with about 31 species in North America.
Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species was the first to be given the name).
The type species: Papilio machaon honored Machaon, one of the sons of Asclepius, mentioned in the Iliad. [3] Further, the species Papilio homerus is named after the Greek poet, Homer. [4] The Mon of the Taira clan of Japan is an AgehachÅ (swallowtail butterfly).
Papilio machaon bairdii – Baird's swallowtail; Papilio multicaudata grandiosus – two-tailed tiger swallowtail; Papilio multicaudata multicaudata – two-tailed tiger swallowtail; Papilio multicaudata pusillus – two-tailed tiger swallowtail; Papilio ornythion – ornythion swallowtail; Papilio palamedes leontis – Palamedes swallowtail
Bauer, Erich and Thomas Frankenbach (1998). Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus.
Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for ...
Male black as in Papilio aegeus, forewing with macular band from the costal to the hindmargin, or with subapical band and a patch placed before the hindmargin. The white band of the hindwing formed as in P. aegeus , i. e. the 1. patch prolonged basad; beneath the hindwing round the cell, which are distally rounded and all closely approximated ...