Papilionidae
Troides magellanus (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Troides magellanus (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Troides magellanus is a sexually dimorphic swallowtail butterfly found in the Philippines and Taiwan's Orchid Island.
Troides rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835)
Troides rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835)
Troides rhadamantus, the tropical golden birdwing, is a large birdwing butterfly endemic to the Philippines, first described in 1835.
Byasa polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)
Byasa polyeuctes (Doubleday, 1842)
Byasa polyeuctes is a black, white and red swallowtail butterfly found across South and East Asia.
Byasa alcinous (Klug, 1836)
Byasa alcinous (Klug, 1836)
Byasa alcinous is a swallowtail butterfly found across East and Central Asia, that feeds on Aristolochia and overwinters as a pupa.
Byasa impediens (Seitz, 1907)
Byasa impediens (Seitz, 1907)
Byasa impediens, the pink-spotted windmill, is a Taiwanese Papilionidae swallowtail butterfly with black pink-spotted wings.
Byasa dasarada (Moore, 1857)
Byasa dasarada (Moore, 1857)
Byasa dasarada, the great windmill, is a beautiful non-threatened butterfly found across parts of South and East Asia.
Byasa mencius (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Byasa mencius (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Byasa mencius is a Papilionidae swallowtail butterfly found in China, described in 1862, with a 10–11 cm wingspan and larvae that feed on Cocullus carolinus.
Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775)
Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius, 1775)
Pachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, is a widely distributed Asian butterfly toxic to vertebrate predators.
Pachliopta pandiyana (Moore, 1881)
Pachliopta pandiyana (Moore, 1881)
Pachliopta pandiyana, the Malabar rose, is a butterfly restricted to the wet jungles of southern India and the Western Ghats.
Pachliopta polydorus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Pachliopta polydorus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Pachliopta polydorus is a black-bodied swallowtail butterfly with red abdominal markings and wing spots, found across parts of Oceania and northern Australia.
Pachliopta hector (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pachliopta hector (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pachliopta hector is an unpalatable butterfly found across South Asia that breeds on Aristolochia host plants.
Losaria neptunus (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
Losaria neptunus (Guérin-Méneville, 1840)
Losaria neptunus, the yellow-bodied club-tail, is a Papilionidae butterfly found in parts of Southeast Asia.
Trogonoptera brookiana (Wallace, 1855)
Trogonoptera brookiana (Wallace, 1855)
Trogonoptera brookiana, or Rajah Brooke's birdwing, is a butterfly with distinct sexual dimorphism in wing coloration.
Cressida cressida (Fabricius, 1775)
Cressida cressida (Fabricius, 1775)
Cressida cressida is a non-threatened lepidopteran species whose larvae feed on poisonous Aristolochia, found mainly in Australian dry forests.
Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1773)
Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1773)
The Madagascar giant swallowtail (Pharmacophagus antenor) is a large endemic Papilionidae butterfly found only in Madagascar.
Battus philenor (Linnaeus, 1771)
Battus philenor (Linnaeus, 1771)
Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail, is a poisonous iridescent black swallowtail butterfly found across North and Central America.
Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Battus polydamas, the Polydamas swallowtail, is a black-banded butterfly widespread across the Neotropical realm and southern US.
Battus crassus (Cramer, 1777)
Battus crassus (Cramer, 1777)
Battus crassus is a long-winged butterfly with characteristic white wing markings, larvae feeding on Aristolochia species.
Battus laodamas (Felder & Felder, 1859)
Battus laodamas (Felder & Felder, 1859)
Battus laodamas is a Neotropical butterfly species with distinct colored wing markings that uses Aristolochia tentaculata as a caterpillar host plant.
Battus ingenuus (Dyar, 1907)
Battus ingenuus (Dyar, 1907)
Battus ingenuus is a poisonous butterfly species found from southern Mexico to northern South America, whose larvae feed on toxic pipevines.
Battus polystictus (Butler, 1874)
Battus polystictus (Butler, 1874)
Battus polystictus is a Papilionidae butterfly found in South America, whose larvae feed on three Aristolochia species.
Papilio zelicaon Lucas, 1852
Papilio zelicaon Lucas, 1852
The anise swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) is a North American swallowtail butterfly with distinct yellow wing markings and a documented life cycle.
Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
Papilio machaon, the common yellow swallowtail, is a widespread Palearctic butterfly that is Estonia's national butterfly.
Papilio polyxenes Fabricius, 1775
Papilio polyxenes Fabricius, 1775
Papilio polyxenes, the black swallowtail, is a common North American butterfly whose larvae feed on plants in the carrot family.
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