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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.
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, 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).
Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part I (1), Papilionidae Papilionidae I: Papilio, Subgenus Achillides, Bhutanitis, Teinopalpus. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach.
Papilio bridgei is a member of the aegeus species-group. The clade members are Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805; Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886? Papilio erskinei Mathew, 1886; Papilio gambrisius Cramer, [1777] Papilio inopinatus Butler, 1883; Papilio ptolychus Godman & Salvin, 1888; Papilio tydeus C. & R. Felder, 1860; Papilio weymeri Niepelt, 1914
Parides hahneli, the Hahnel's Amazonian swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae.It is endemic to Brazil in the states of Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Pará, where it was placed on the list of endangered species in 2008.
Jan [G] (1860).Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Première livraison. [Illustrated by Ferdinando Sordelli].Paris: De Soye et Bouchet. Index + Plates I–VI. (Salvadora bairdi, new species, Plate II, figure 2, ten views).