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Largest Swallowtail butterflies of North America

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Attract the largest of butterflies to your garden, the swallowtails, by planting the food for larva and nectar flowers for the butterfly. This is the swallowtails by size

Rated 2 points - posted 13 years ago by amelco7 in category Home.
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Thoas Swallowtail, Papilio thoas Report Abuse
wingspan : (10.5 - 12.8 cm) 4 1/8 - 5 inches host plants : Plants in the citrus family nectar : lantana, cesalpina, and bougainvilla.
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Schaus's Swallowtail, Papilio aristodemus Report Abuse
wingspan : (9.2–11.8 cm) 3.6–4.6 in host plants : Plants in the citrus family nectar : cheese-shrub, wild coffee, and guava.
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Giant Swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes Report Abuse
wingspan : 4 - 6 1/4 inches (10.2 - 16 cm) | host plants : Trees and herbs of the citrus family | nectar : lantana, azalea, bougainvilla, bouncing Bet, dame's rocket, goldenrod, Japanese honeysuckle, and swamp milkweed.
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Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor Report Abuse
wingspan : (7-13 cm) 2 3/4 - 5 inches host plants : Pipevine Aristolochia
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Variable Cattleheart, Parides erithalion Report Abuse
wingspan : | host plants : Aristolochia cordiflora. dutchman's pipe
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Black Swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes Report Abuse
wingspan : (8 - 11 cm) 3 1/4 - 4 1/4 inches host plants : parsley family : Queen Anne's Lace, carrot, celery and dill nectar : red clover, milkweed, and thistles.
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Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio Canadensis Report Abuse
wingspan : (6.7 - 8 cm) 2 5/8 - 3 1/8 inches host plants : birch (Betula), aspen (Populus), and black cherry (Prunus). nectar : many flowers
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus Report Abuse
wingspan : 3 5/8 - 6 1/2 inches (9.2 - 16.5 cm) | host plants : wild cherry (Prunus), sweetbay (Magnolia), basswood (Tilia), tulip tree (Liriodendron), birch (Betula), ash (Fraxinus), cottonwood (Populus), mountain ash (Sorbus), and willow (Salix). | nectar : many flowers, including wild cherry and lilac (Syringa vulgaris).
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Two-tailed Swallowtail, Papilio multicaudata Report Abuse
wingspan : (9 - 12.7 cm). 3 1/2 - 5 inches host plants : ash (Fraxinus), hop tree (Ptelea), and chokecherry (Prunus) nectar : thistles, milkweeds, California buckeye, lilac, more
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Short-tailed Swallowtail, Papilio brevicauda Report Abuse
wingspan : (8.2 - 10.2 cm) host plants : Umbelliferae nectar :
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Ozark Swallowtail, Papilio joanae Report Abuse
wingspan : (8.2 - 10.2 cm) 3 1/4 - 4 1/16 inches host plants : Yellow pimpernal, meadow parsnip, golden alexander nectar : rose verbena, wood betony, puccoon, and false garlic
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Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio Troilus Report Abuse
wingspan : 3 - 4 inches (7.5 - 10 cm) host plants : Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), sassafras trees (Sassafras albidum); perhaps prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), camphor (Cinnamomum camphora), and redbay (Persea borbonia). nectar : Japanese honeysuckle, jewelweed, thistles, milkweed, azalea, dogbane, lantana, mimosa, and sweet pepperbush.
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Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus Report Abuse
wingspan : 2 3/4 - 4 inches (7 - 10 cm) host plants : cottonwood and aspen (Populus), willows (Salix), wild cherry (Prunus), and ash (Fraxinus) nectar : many flowers including thistles, abelia, California buckeye, zinnia, yerba santa.
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Pale Swallowtail, Papilio eurymedon Report Abuse
wingspan : (6.4 - 9 cm) 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 inches host plants : Rosaceae, Rhamnaceae and Betulaceae families nectar : California buckeye, yerba santa, and wallflower
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Old World Swallowtail, Papilio machaon Report Abuse
wingspan : (6.5 - 7.5 cm) 2 1/2 - 3 inches host plants : Sagebrushes nectar :
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Polydamas Swallowtail, Battus polydamas Report Abuse
wingspan : (9 - 12 cm) 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 inches host plants : pipevine host plants : lantana, honeysuckle, soapweed
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Zebra Swallowtail, Eurytides Marcellus Report Abuse
wingspan : (6.4 - 10.4 cm). 2 1/2 - 4 inches host plants : young pawpaw nectar : blueberry, blackberry, lilac, redbud, viper\'s bugloss, verbena, dogbane, and common milkweed
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Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon Report Abuse
wingspan : (7 - 9 cm) 2 3/4 - 3 1/2 inches host plants : parsley, citrus family nectar : Not reported
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White-dotted Cattleheart, Parides alopius Report Abuse
wingspan : (7.5-9 cm) 3-3.5 inches host plants : Watson's Pipevine
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Montezuma's Cattleheart, Parides Montezuma Report Abuse
wingspan : not recorded | host plants : ristolochia acanthophylla, Jalisco Dutchman's Pipe, Pelican Flower, Aristolochia micrantha
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Palamedes Swallowtail, Papilio palamedes Report Abuse
wingspan : 4 1/2 - 5 1/8 inches (11.4 - 13 cm) | host plants : Laurel (Lauraceae) especially redbay (Persea borbonia) | nectar : sweet pepperbush, thistles, blue flag, and azalea
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