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Papilio palamedes, Cypress Gardens, Berkeley County,South Carolina, 2 August 2008
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Palamedes Swallowtail
Papilio palamedes, Drury, 1773
Subfamily Papilioninae
Tribe Papilionini, Fluted Swallowtails
Taxonomy
There are about 600 species within the family Papilionidae. The family is made up of 3 subfamilies, the Parnassiinae, which has about 50 species of Parnassians and Apollos that are found mostly in the montane regions of the nothern hemisphere, the Baroniinae, which has only 1 species, Baronia brevicomis from western Mexico, and the Papilioninae, which has about 550 species found worldwide. The subfamily Papilioninae is further divided into 4 tribes, the Teinopalpini, which include 2 species from the Himalayas, the Troidini, which has about 130 worldwide species including the birdwings, the Leptocircini, which has about 140 species and includes kite Swallowtails, and the Papilionini, which has over 200 worldwide species and includes the fluted swallowtails in which Papilio palamedes belongs to.
Papilio palamedes, Lugoff, Kershaw County, South Carolina, 26 July 2008
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Papilio palamedes, Cypress Gardens, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 2 August 2008
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General Information:
Papilio palamedes is a large swallowtail that inhabits cypress swamps and woodlands of the southeastern United States. It avidly collects nectar and is a common garden visitor. Males can also be found in numbers imbibing minerals from the edges of lakes, rivers, and puddles on gravel roads.
Lifecycle:
Larval hostplants include Redbay and other laurels. Caterpillars feed from a silk shelter. Larvae have eversible organs called osmeteria that are used to chemically deter predators.
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