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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 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 ...
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 Agehachō (swallowtail butterfly).
Achillides, the peacock swallowtails, [1] [2] are a subgenus within the genus Papilio containing 29 species and over 100 subspecies distributed across the Indo-Australian Archipelago from East Russia, India and to Australia.
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).
Papilio porus Strecker, 1900 Meandrusa sciron , the brown gorgon , is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia . It belongs to the hooked swallowtails genus, Meandrusa , of the family Papilionidae .
Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the World Part V (5), Papilionidae II:Battus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern : Goecke & Evers ; Canterbury : Hillside Books.ISBN 978-3-931374-70-9 Illustrates and identifies 14 species and 49 subspecies.Plate 1, figures 5-8.