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Pipevine Swallowtail

Battus philenor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2,120, February 2,028, March 2,304, April 5,526, May 3,443, June 1,947, July 1,286, August 1,593, September 2,121, October 3,301, November 1,989, December 1,928.
United States71,746
Texas30,774
California8,541
North Carolina5,837
Tennessee5,139
Arizona5,043
Missouri2,442
Virginia2,340
Illinois2,035
Arkansas1,736

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySwallowtails and Parnassians · Papilionidae
GenusPipevine Swallowtails and Allies · Battus

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