🦋Papilio machaon
Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail. It is the type species of the genus Papilio. This widespread species is found in much of the Palearctic and in North America.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Papilio machaon yet.
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Everything we know about the Papilio machaon
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderLepidoptera
- ›familyPapilionidae
- ›genusPapilio
- ›speciesPapilio machaon
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- tribePapilionini
- genusPapilio
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- superorderAmphiesmenoptera
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- suborderGlossata
- familyPapilionidae
- tribePapilionini
- genusPapilio
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