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Papilio machaon (Old World swallowtail)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Papilio joanae, the Ozark swallowtail, is a North American butterfly species in the family Papilionidae. It was once considered a synonym of the black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes).
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Infraspecies

Papilio machaon aliaska
Papilio machaon bairdii
Papilio machaon britannicus
Papilio machaon dodi
Papilio machaon hippocrates
Papilio machaon hudsonianus
Papilio machaon machaon
Papilio machaon oregonia
Papilio machaon pikei
Papilio machaon sylvinus

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  357
Wing Span [2]  2.874 inches (.073 m)

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Engelepogon brunnipes[6]
Pimpla rufipes (Black Slip Wasp)[5]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Cakile maritima (Sea Rocket)[4]

Consumers

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Body size, egg size, and their interspecific relationships with ecological and life history traits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea), Enrique García-Barros, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2000), 70: 251–284
♦ 2Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Ecology of Commanster
♦ 6Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0