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Swallowtails
Papilionidae
 
Large, most are black and yellow, most have tails on hind wings.
 
name range
&
habitat
active
&
broods
adult
&
larval foods
Pipevine Swallowtail
  Battus philenor
 
photo
central, north
 
 
gardens, fields,
bushy areas,
woods
Feb-Nov
 
 
3
 
 
pink, purple,
orange flowers
 
pipevines
 
 
Gold Rim
  Battus polydamas
north, central
 
gardens, fields,
pine woods
all year
 
many
 
Lantana
 
pipevines
 
Zebra Swallowtail
  Eurytides marcellus
statewide
 
woods along
streams & rivers
Mar-Dec
 
1-3
 
variety of plants
 
pawpaws
 
Androgeus
  Swallowtail
  Papilio androgeus
south
 
orange groves,
woods
Mar-Nov
 
many
 
flowers, mud
 
orange trees
 
Schaus' Swallowtail
  Papilio aristodemus
 
** ENDANGERED **
Keys
 
woods
 
May-Jul
 
1-2
 
 
 
bay trees, torchwood,
wild lime
Giant Swallowtail
  Papilio cresphontes
statewide
 
citrus groves,
woods
all year
 
many
 
flowers, manure
 
citrus
 
Eastern Tiger
  Swallowtail
  Papilio glaucus
statewide
except Keys
 
woodland edges
 
Mar-Nov
 
 
several
 
flowers, mud,
carrion
 
ash, hornbeams,
plums, tuliptree
Palamedes
  Swallowtail

  Papilio palamedes
statewide
except Keys
 
woods, swamps
Mar-Dec
 
 
many
flowers, mud
 
 
bay trees
Black Swallowtail
  Papilio polyxenes
statewide
 
gardens, fields
all year
 
2-3
flowers
 
carrot family, parsley
Spicebush Swallowtail
  Papilio troilus
statewide
except Miami
 
woods
 
 
Mar-Dec
 
 
2-3
 
 
flowers, mud
 
 
spicebush, sassafras,
bay trees, pines,
wild lime

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