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Topic: Old World Swallowtail


  
  Old World Swallowtail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), is a large butterfly of the Papilionidae family.
The Swallowtail is present throughout the entire Palearctic region through Russia to China and Japan (including the Himalayas and Taiwan) and across into Alaska and Canada.
The Swallowtail caterpillar spends the first part of its life with the appearance of a bird dropping, an effective defence against predators.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_World_Swallowtail   (738 words)

  
 Swallowtail butterfly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The genera of extant swallowtails are usually classified into three subfamilies, Baroniinae, Parnassiinae and Papilioninae, the latter two being further divided into tribes.
The Swallowtail butterflies in the tribe Papilionini number about 225 species and studied have been made on their host-plant coevolution and phylogeny.
The Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly is the state insect of Oregon; the eastern tiger swallowtail is the state insect of Virginia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swallowtail   (638 words)

  
 University Of Alaska, Stories
Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon aliaska) and Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio machaeon canadensis) Butterflies are the rare and beautiful Alaska's swordtail butterflies.
The Old World Swallowtail are from the family Papilonidae and are found in the haloarctic, boreal, desert, and northern prairie regions.
Old World Swallowtails are identified from other swallowtails by the reddish-orange eye spot on the hindwing upperside, in which the fl pupil touches the abdominal wing margin.
www.alaska.edu /opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=279   (706 words)

  
 tScholars.com | Apple crisp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Apple cobbler (also known as apple slump, apple grunt, and apple pandowdy) is an old recipe in which the baked apples are topped with a biscuit-like batter made with flour, milk, butter, and leavening agents.
The topping is dropped onto the top of the apples in clumps, which have a 'cobbled' appearance, thus the name.
Apple crumble is a British variant of apple crisp that originated during World War II food rationing.
www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Apple_crisp   (571 words)

  
 Butterflies of Canada
Diagnosis: The Papilio machaon group of swallowtails is one of the most complex groups of butterflies in North America.
In Canada, all forms of the Old World Swallowtail are mainly yellow, closely resembling zelicaon.
Subspecies: The nominate subspecies occurs in the Old World.
www.cbif.gc.ca /spp_pages/butterflies/species/OldWorldSwallowtail_e.php   (459 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Papilio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae.
Binomial name Papilio rutulus Lucas, 1852 The Western Tiger Swallowtail is the common Swallowtail Butterfly of western North America, and is frequently seen in urban parks and gardens as well as in rural woodlands and riparian areas.
Binomial name Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 The Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), is a large butterfly of the Papilionidae family.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Papilio   (940 words)

  
 Butterfly: Swallowtail, Old World 3-Set
Old World Swallowtail butterflies (Papilio machaon Linnaeus) are one of the most recognized and easy to identify of all butterfly species.
Swallowtails are found mostly on the tops of hills, mountain meadows, sub arctic, boreal, Northern prairie habitats, tundra and badlands in North America, South Alaska, British Colombia and Quebec South throughout New Mexico and it is the only Swallowtail with circumpolar range.
Once female Swallowtails are fertilized they lay eggs singly on the leaves of their host plant so that the caterpillars will have a whole leave to consume immediately upon hatching from the egg.
www.entomon.net /butterfly-swallowtail-old-world-3-set.htm   (472 words)

  
 taxonomy
Swallowtail butterflies (the family Papilionidae) represent subgroup of butterflies (Lepidoptera), most of which have some form of "tail" on their hind wings.
From a classification point of view, membership in the swallowtail family is actually dependent on common characteristics of the eggs, larvae, pupae, and wing vein structure that are beyond the scope of this site.
It is felt to be ancestral as it shares some characteristics with the other tribes, and is similar to some of the earliest fossil butterflies that have been discovered (dating to the Eocene period 48 million years ago).
home.att.net /~bret69/taxonomy.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Swallowtail Caterpillar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar, eNature.com Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar, eNature.com Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar(Papilio glaucus), Swallowtails eNature.com is a free searchable nature and wildlife database...
Swallowtail caterpillars of the Papilionidae family are usually smooth-bodied and vary in...
The Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), is a large butterfly of the Papilionidae family.
www.fixtcaterpillar.com /swallowtailcaterpillar   (613 words)

  
 Papilio machaon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Old world swallowtail is widespread, but not common, and often appears individually.
The Old world swallowtail is a very capable flier and can occasionally be observed far away from its original range.
The eggs are ball-shaped and are laid singly on the underside of the leaves of the host plant.
www.toyen.uio.no /norlep/english/papilionidae/machaon.html   (326 words)

  
 Papilionidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The family also contains some of the worlds’ largest butterflies, and certain species of the socalled birdwings (for example Troides and Ornithoptera) may have a wingspan up to 25 cm.
The Apollo is included into the CITES convention and has for this reason been illegal to export from or import into Norway.
The Old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon), the third Norwegian species, has disappeared from Denmark, and is likely to decline also in Norway.
www.toyen.uio.no /norlep/english/papilionidae/papilio_fam.html   (221 words)

  
 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
The larvae of this swallowtail feed on Dragon Sagebrush and Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus).
As its name implies, the Old World Swallowtail is found in northern areas throughout the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and Asia.
The Old World Swallowtail is a polymorphic species (many forms).
www.sbnature.org /collections/invert/entom/sbbutterflies/pappapbai.htm   (151 words)

  
 South Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Just west of the coastal plain is the Sand Hills region, which is thought to contain remnants of old coastal dunes from a time when the land was sunken or the oceans were higher.
He is most remembered for the fight at Madison Square Garden in March 1971, where he defeated Ali to become the undisputed heavyweight champ.
Marian Wright Edelman (from Bennettsville, SC) is the founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund and the first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/South_Carolina   (5284 words)

  
 eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
Discussion Eastern Black Swallowtails may be attracted to gardens by parsley or carrot plants, and nectar sources such as phlox and milkweed.
Less blue and less rapid than the Pipevine Swallowtail, the Eastern Black likes to flit among the vegetation, drifting and stalling again and again, until disturbed; then it takes off in a direct line, making it most difficult to pursue.
Another related fl swallowtail, the Kahli Swallowtail (Papilio kahli), flies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and may be a hybrid of the Old World Swallowtail.
www.enature.com /fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=BU0121   (354 words)

  
 Papilio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Swallowtail (Battus philenor), which it is believed to mimic, dark form female Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus...
Papilio demoleus L., a well-known citrus pest in the Old...
Mocker Swallowtail, Papilio dardanus, represents one of the...
paintedladybutterfly.fesslady.com /papilio   (943 words)

  
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  Most swallowtails have tails on their hind wings that serve to distract birds from the butterfly's body.
     This is a common swallowtail in gardens, meadows and wetlands of the Rockies.
  The dot is round on the Anise and missing in the Old World.
faculty.ucr.edu /~legneref/butterfl.htm   (2717 words)

  
 Photos
I was lucky enough to see this one both form a chrysalis and finish emerging as a butterfly.
When Aunt Gwen was a very young child these were her favorite critter in the whole world.
At four years old she knew the entire life cycle of this butterfly.
www.mresource.com /Sites/Bugs/Photos.asp?GroupID=19   (340 words)

  
 Swallowtail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The giant swallowtail is widely distributed throughout the American The giant swallowtail is very common throughout the entire state of Florida.
Swallowtail Lighthouse is said to be the most photographed lighthouse on hike and long staircase, book yourself into the Swallowtail Inn for a stay.
The Anise Swallowtail is a common western species that is frequently seen along roadsides and in vacant lots.
www.websiteslink.com /q/swallowtail.htm   (824 words)

  
 Old World Swallowtail Butterfly in Alaska
Alaska's other swallowtail, the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail is more commonly seen at lower elevations.
The Old World has a larger fl marking on the forewings, next to the body.
Old Worlds range through most of Alaska, Canada, and in the "Lower 48" west of the Mississippi.
www.turtlepuddle.org /alaskan/butterfly12.html   (237 words)

  
 Butterfly - Swallowtail? - Papilio zelicaon - BugGuide.Net
I just remembered that the Old World Swallowtail has the fl edge on upper part of the eyespot, so this is an Anise Swallowtail.
I did some compareing between the Old World and the Anise and it looks more like the Old World..
However, the map that goes along with that species (Old World, Baird's and Oregon have recently been proven to be one species - I guess they are calling it Old World) does not show San Francisco as being part of it's range.
www.bugguide.net /node/view/21233   (481 words)

  
 Afrotropical Kite swallowtails - introduction
In fact, of the 39 species of the kite swallowtail genus Graphium found in the Afrotropical region (Africa, Madagascar and the neighbouring islands), only about one-third have prominent tails, and not all of these are brightly patterned.
We discuss the relationships of the kite swallowtails with other swallowtails and the rest of the butterflies in our section on higher classification.
The section on higher classification discusses the place of the kite swallowtails within the butterflies, with a diversion on why we use the name Leptocircini for the tribe in which they are placed.
www.nhm.ac.uk /research-curation/projects/afrotropical-kite   (829 words)

  
 Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums > An odd thing that happened to me
I live in the north-west of the UK, and the swallowtail is limited to a few areas in East Anglia, which is in the south-east.
This is because that is the only place that their favourite plants grow, so they wouldn't come anywhere near where I live.
PLUS, the Old World Swallowtail (the one found in Britain) is yellow.
www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t75344.html   (407 words)

  
 Brian D. Farrell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The provenance of old world swallowtail butterflies, Papilio demoleus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), recently discovered in the new World.
First New World documentation of an Old World citrus pest, the Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), in the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola).
Farrell, B. Evolutionary assembly of milkweed fauna: Cytochrome oxidae I and the age of Tetraopes beetles.
insects.oeb.harvard.edu /farrell_lab/people/farrell/papers/index.html   (637 words)

  
 Papilio Machaon Plus Two Species Deal
The Old World Swallowtail is one of our most popular electronic moving butterflies and will complement any display in which it is set.
If you are not sure which two other butterflies to choose to go along with it we suggest the Monarch and Blue Morpho butterflies as the perfect combination since together they encompass a wide range of colors.
The Old World Swallowtail Papilio Machaon plus two others species deal will save you money compared to purchasing each butterfly separately one at a time.
www.entomon.net /papilio-machaon-plus-two-species-deal.htm   (190 words)

  
 Who made this exhibit? What are the sources? (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Butterfly UV photos from Eddie Aicken, when he was obtaining his degree in Biological Imaging, at the University of Derby, UK.
Japanese yellow swallowtail butterfly physiology from Kentaro Arikawa.
Papilio xuthus color constancy from Michiyo Kinoshita, Kentaro Arikawa, "Colour constancy of the swallowtail butterfly papilio xuthus" The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 3521–3530 (2000).
webexhibits.org.cob-web.org:8888 /causesofcolor/credits.html   (2564 words)

  
 Species Battus philenor - Pipevine Swallowtail - Hodges#4157 - BugGuide.Net
The beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor, is the model of a Batesian mimicry complex.
In the central and western US, Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon, form bairdi), Indra Swallowtail (Papilio indra), and Ozark Swallowtail (Papilio joanae) have dark blue/fl forms, probably mimics of the Pipevine Swallowtail.
Larva of Battus polydamas is somewhat similar, but fleshy projections are orange, shorter on T1 and longer on the rest of the body than those of B.
bugguide.net /node/view/412   (720 words)

  
 urban nature on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The swallowtail almost has an alien appearance this close.
The focus is crystal clear and the background is weirdly appropriate.
But, the Swallowtail can be found all around the world...
www.flickr.com /photos/idogu/195587493   (511 words)

  
 The Butterfly Conservatory information online - Your One Stop Source   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Soothing music plays as we wander along the curving path among the tropical...
among them are two representatives of the exotic swallowtail family: the Old World swallowtail and the Apollo butterfly...
The city has theaters, a state conservatory with an associated music school, important institutions like the world-class State...
www.bestconservatory.com /the-butterfly-conservatory.html   (392 words)

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