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Pale Swallowtail

Papilio eurymedon

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 599, February 518, March 540, April 839, May 1,709, June 2,187, July 1,004, August 417, September 529, October 541, November 695, December 536.
United States11,353
California9,060
Canada3,990
British Columbia3,598
Washington1,443
Oregon1,286
Alberta987
Nevada670
Colorado594
Idaho506

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
GenusCommon Swallowtails · Papilio

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