Papilio (Pterourus) troilus Linnaeus, 1758
  1. Papilionidae
  2. Papilioninae
  3. Papilionini
  4. Papilio
  5. Pterourus


USA


70 - 100 mm
Green-clouded Butterfly
Spicebush Swallowtail

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
LauraceaeCinnamomum camphoraCamphor tree
Persea borboniaRedbay
Sassafras albidumSassafras
MagnoliaceaeLiriodendron tulipiferaTulip tree
Magnolia virginianaSweetbay magnolia
RutaceaeZanthoxylum americanumCommon prickly-ash
Distribution
Images
Adult, upperside.

© Nancy Goor
United States, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Adult, underside.

© Nancy Goor
United States, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Larva.

© Nancy Goor
United States
Larva.

© Nancy Goor
United States
Larva.

© Nancy Goor
United States
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