Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

The spicebush swallowtail butterfly is a large, dark swallowtail. It is one of our most beautiful and interesting swallowtails. All developmental stages are great examples of adaptive coloration. This document is EENY-168, one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service,Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: October 2000.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO “A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE.”

A few errors and omissions in the list of Maine butterflies as published in the Canadian Entomologist in August 1934, should be corrected as follows:Papilio troilus Linnaeus. York Beach (Farquhar).