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Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon butterfly / moth

Old World Swallowtail
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Yellow-and-black swallowtail of open prairie. Prairie subspecies caterpillars feed on Artemisia (wild sages).

5 documented plant relationships, 5 of them as a specialist with no alternative.

lays eggs on

(c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY)Big Sagebrush ★Artemisia tridentatashrub · Aug-Sep(c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)Plains Wormwood ★Artemisia campestriswildflower · Aug-Sep(c) Mary Krieger, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mary KriegerPrairie Sage ★Artemisia ludovicianaherb · July–SeptemberPrairie Sagewort ★Artemisia frigidawildflower · July–August(c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)Silver Sagebrush ★Artemisia canashrub · Aug-Sep