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Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
34.3752, -93.1879
Field Notes
Description:
A large black swallowtail butterfly with distinctive white spots and markings. The wing span is 3 - 4 inches (7.5 - 10 cm).
Habitat:
Spotted in a deciduous forest along a shaded creek near Bismark, Arkansas.
Notes:
Host plants: Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), sassafras trees (Sassafras albidum); perhaps prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), camphor (Cinnamomum camphora), and redbay (Persea borbonia). Adults nectar plants: Japanese honeysuckle, jewelweed, thistles, milkweed, azalea, dogbane, lantana, mimosa, and sweet pepperbush.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 6, 2022
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