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Papilionidae 77a0366 – 4159   Papilio polyxenes Fabricius, 1775

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Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Apiaceae Araliaceae Asteraceae Magnoliaceae Rutaceae.  Host genera: Anethum Angelica Apium Arracacia Berula Carum Cicuta Conium Cryptotaenia Daucus Dictamnus Echinophor...  Host extended: other plants in Apiaceae family, other plants in Rutaceae family (Wagner 2005); Allium-NOT Cosmos-NO...  (Kimberley & Douglas 2025) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: polyxenes Fabricius, 1775 (Papilio) extralim. - MONA 1983: 4159 ajax Linnaeus, 1758 (Papilio) (in part); unavail. Note: (in part); unavail. ssp. a. asterius Stoll, in: Cramer, [1782] (Papilio)  alunata Skinner & Aaron, 1889 (Papilio)  asterioides Reakirt, [1867] (Papilio)  calverleyi Grote, 1864 (Papilio)  comstocki Chermock & Chermock, 1937 (Papilio)  curvifascia Skinner, 1902 (Papilio)  ehrmanni Ehrmann, 1925 (Papilio)  forsythae Wood, 1937 (Papilio)  gertrudis Kruck, 1931 (Papilio)  gracehus Fabricius, 1938 (Papilio)  masculina Reiff, 1911 (Papilio)  mediocauda Eimer, 1895 (Papilio)  pseudoamericus Brown, [1943] (Papilio)  semialba Ehrmann, 1900 (Papilio)  ampliata Ménétriés, 1857 (Papilio)  subamplicata Dufrane, 1946 (Papilio)  viridis Cockerell, 1889 (Papilio) ssp. b. rudkini Comstock, 1935 (Papilio) - MONA 1983: [4161]  clarki Chermock & Chermock, 1937 (Papilio) ssp. c. stabilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 (Papilio) excl. ssp. d. americus Kollar, 1850 (Papilio) excl.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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