#3112 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Heraclides cresphontes

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © David Alan Rogers · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Evan Hessels · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Evan Hessels · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kristin A. Bakkegard · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Owen J. · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © christopherswan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © hobiecat · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Lee Elliott · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. © Brad Walker · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Papilio cresphontes , the giant swallowtail or in its larval phase the orange dog or orange puppy , is a swallowtail butterfly common in parts of North America and marginally into South America. In the United States and Canada it is mainly found in the south and east. 3 in), it is the largest butterfly in Canada and the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,565iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).