Swallowtail Butterfly
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Swallowtail butterfly: Papilio machaon
Distribution: in Britain restricted entirely to the Norfolk Broads. Widespread and fairly common throughout Europe, Africa, Asia.
Habitat: wetlands such as fens and marshes.
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
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Discussion Horticulture has caused the spread of pipevines (also called Dutchman's pipes), the host plant of this caterpillar, and thereby extended the range of the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.
The Common Mime (Papilio (Chilasa) clytia) is a Swallowtail butterfly found in South and South-east Asia. The butterfly belongs to the Chilasa group or the Black-bodied Swallowtails.
Hector's swallowtail butterfly (Papilio hectorides)
Rasbora (Rasbora tawarensis)
Iberian barbel (Luciobarbus comizo)
Barbus (Barbus longiceps)
Squalius (Squalius lucumonis)
Sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) ...
Status: The adult black swallowtail butterfly is not often seen in gardens but its caterpillars are, as anyone who grows parsley or dill can attest.
That may explain the worldwide attention on efforts to prevent the extinction of the Schaus swallowtail butterfly, a large and colorful denizen of the tropical hardwood hammocks in the Florida Keys.
Many spend the winter season as pupae, a middle stage of development, before finishing their transformation into butterflies in the spring. The adult black swallowtail butterfly looks a lot like a poisonous cousin, the pipevine swallowtail, ...
Others have irritating bristles, and the swallowtail butterfly larva emits a repellent odor when disturbed. Nevertheless, caterpillars form the major part of the diet of many birds and other animals.
Swallowtail butterfly
The swallowtail is Britain's largest butterfly and also one of its most beautiful.
Tassel-eared marmoset, white-shouldered marmoset
Tassel-eared marmosets emit a cricket-like call.
 See also: Swallow, Caterpillar, Tiger, Zebra, Zebra Swallowtail
  
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