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Eastern Giant Swallowtail
Papilio cresphontes Cramer, 1777

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Papilionidae - swallowtails and apollos »  genus Papilio »  subgenus Heraclides

Scientific synonyms

Heraclides cresphontes (Cramer, 1777)

Other names

= Giant Swallowtail

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Author: Jiří Kuča

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Author: Mirek Heran

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Author: Ivo Antušek

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

female

Author: Lubomír Klátil

Papilio cresphontes - Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Author: Ivo Antušek
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Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, United States of America

* List of countries might not be complete

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Similar species

Papilio thoas Linnaeus, 1771 - Thoas Swallowtail
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Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [160091]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Papilio cresphontes Cramer, 1777]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies 9-III-2024 [Heraclides_cresphontes_a]

Warren, A. D., K. J. Davis, E. M. Stangeland, J. P. Pelham, K. R. Willmott & N. V. Grishin: Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies [http://butterfliesofamerica.com/] [as Heraclides cresphontes (Cramer, 1777)]
Data retrieved on: 6 January 2025
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