Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail in the “Jardins des Papillons” (butterfly garden in Hunawihr, Alsace).

The yellow and black Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is a swallowtail butterfly common in various parts of North America, particularly the south and east, and down to Central and northern South America.

The adults are tailed like the forked tail of some swallows, giving the insect its name.

Giant Swallowtails prefer open woodlands and fields, citrus groves, and gardens near woodlands. The caterpillars of the Giant Swallowtail are pests of citrus plants.

This is how the butterfly was nicknamed the "Orange Dog".

With a wingspan of about 8,5 -15 cm is the Giant Swallowtail one of the largest butterflies in the United States.

 

Giant Swallowtail in “Jardins des Papillons” (overdekte vlindertuin in Hunawihr, Elzas).

De zwartgele “reuzen zwaluwstaart” (Giant Swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes) is een koninginnepage uit het zuid-oosten van de Verenigde Staten, Midden-Amerika en noordelijk Zuid-Amerika. Met een vleugelspanwijdte van 8,5 à 15 cm is de soort aanzienlijk groter dan de in Europa voorkomende koninginnepage (Papilio machaon), die een vleugelspanwijdte van 6,5 à 10 cm heeft.

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