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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Butterflies
  7. Swallowtail and Birdwing Butterflies

family

Swallowtail and Birdwing Butterflies

Papilionidae

Includes
31 native 2 introduced 7 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Swallowtails 27 native
  • Parnassians 4 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native swallowtail and birdwing butterflies All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus 170,876 observations
  • Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes 143,150 observations
  • Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor 96,845 observations
  • Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon 67,255 observations
  • Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus 65,801 observations
  • Eastern Giant Swallowtail Heraclides cresphontes 41,017 observations
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus 35,768 observations
  • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio canadensis 27,033 observations
  • Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon 25,898 observations
  • Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus 25,584 observations
  • Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata 23,508 observations
  • Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon 17,668 observations
  • Palamedes Swallowtail Papilio palamedes 12,802 observations
  • Dark Kite-Swallowtail Eurytides philolaus 1,850 observations
  • Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Papilio appalachiensis 670 observations
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