It can be a treacherous thing, hunting this particular butterfly. illustration of Papilio blumei: monica serrano, NGM Staff The peacock swallowtail, Papilio blumei, lives only here, on the ...

A host to the caterpillars of the eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus), the tulip tree is also the exclusive host of the larvae of giant silkmoths (Callosamia angulifera ...

Usually, there's nothing more exciting for a gardener than seeing a beautiful butterfly flutter around ... scientifically ...

The database contains images of the butterfly specimens upon which Linnaeus based his descriptions. Linnaeus described 305 taxa under the name Papilio. Of these, 241 refer to currently valid butterfly ...