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Magnificent Swallowtail

Papilio garamas

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 42, February 55, March 101, April 187, May 141, June 140, July 158, August 193, September 166, October 205, November 110, December 73.
Mexico1,571
Mexico271
Guanajuato150
Jalisco139
Oaxaca128
Michoacan de Ocampo124
Puebla93
Morelos82
Queretaro de Arteaga76
Hidalgo52

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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