Papilio polyxenes  Fabricius, 1775 – Black Swallowtail

A freshly-emerged male Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) resting on phlox flowers (Phlox sp.)
A freshly-emerged male Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) resting on phlox (Phlox sp.)

Taxonomy

  1. Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Family: Papilionidae Latreille, 1809
  3. Subfamily: Papilioninae Latreille, 1802
  4. Tribe: Papilionini Latreille, [1802]
  5. Genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
  6. Species: polyxenes Fabricius, 1775 P3# 770301 MONA# 4159