Three-tailed tiger swallowtail
Papilio pilumnus in Guanajuato, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Papilio
Species:
P. pilumnus
Binomial name
Papilio pilumnus
Boisduval, 1836
Synonyms
  • Pterourus pilumnus

Papilio pilumnus, the three-tailed tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly from the genus Papilio that is found in Texas, Mexico and Guatemala.[1] Papilio xuthus and Papilio appalachiensis are also of the same genus.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Litsea species.

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