A giant swallowtail butterfly is large and stunning. Learn what what the caterpillars and adult butterflies look like and ...

It can be a treacherous thing, hunting this particular butterfly. illustration of Papilio blumei: monica serrano, NGM Staff The peacock swallowtail, Papilio blumei, lives only here, on the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new species of tiger swallowtail butterfly, named Papilio solstitius, has been identified in eastern North America. Previously thought to be hybrids of Papilio ...

A host to the caterpillars of the eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus), the tulip tree is also the exclusive host of the larvae of giant silkmoths (Callosamia angulifera ...

The common African mocker swallowtail (Papilio dardanus) is one of the best in the world at this game. Females can mimic the wings of up to five different, more poisonous butterfly species, giving ...

Li Wenjung from the City University of Hong Kong, the researchers drew inspiration from the wing structure of Papilio maackii, a butterfly species known for its remarkable balance of lightness and ...

The database contains images of the butterfly specimens upon which Linnaeus based his descriptions. Linnaeus described 305 taxa under the name Papilio. Of these, 241 refer to currently valid butterfly ...