#3091 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Spicebush Swallowtail

Papilio troilus

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

1. © dogtooth77 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © K Schneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 4.0
5. © Paweł Pieluszyński · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
7. © shjensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Anna · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Papilio troilus , the spicebush swallowtail or green-clouded butterfly , is a common black swallowtail butterfly found in North America. It has two subspecies, Papilio troilus troilus and Papilio troilus ilioneus , the latter found mainly in the Florida peninsula. The spicebush swallowtail derives its name from its most common host plant, the spicebush, members of the genus Lindera .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 67,875iNaturalist observations

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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
67,875 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).