spicebush swallowtail

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Papilio troilus


Taxonomy

Order:

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

 

Suborder:

Glossata

 

Infraorder:

Neolepidoptera

 

Parvorder:

Heteroneura

 

No Rank:

Ditrysia

 

No Rank:

Obtectomera

 

Superfamily:

Papilionoidea (butterflies)

 

Family:

Papilionidae (swallowtails)

 

Subfamily:

Papilioninae (swallowtails)

 

Tribe:

Papilionini (fluted swallowtails)


Status

 

Flight/Season

Two broods from April to October.

Habitat

Deciduous woodlands and open areas near woodlands, woodland edges, fields, roadsides, yards, pine barrens, wooded swamps, and parks.

Size

 


Identification

 

 
Similar
Species

 


Larval Food

Northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), pondspice (Litsea aestivalis) bay (Persea); perhaps northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), and camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora). Of these, only prickly ash is found in Minnesota.

 
Adult Food

Nectar from Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis), thistle (Cirsium), milkweed (Asclepias), azalea (Rhododendron), dogbane (Apocynum), lantana (Lantana), sensitive plant (Mimosa), and sweet pepperbush (Clethra).

 
Life Cycle

 

 
Behavior

 


Range Range Map   Sources: 20, 21.
 
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Synonyms

 

 
Common
Names

spicebush swallowtail


 

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