Alder's World by Kate Papilio6/20/2023 ![]() archias Fruhstorfer, 1907 (southern Sichuan) aliaska Scudder, 1869 (Chukot Peninsula, Alaska to northern British Columbia) There are 41 recognized subspecies, that include: The specific epithet machaon refers to Machaon, son of Asclepius in the works of Homer. Papilio appalachiensis and Papilio xuthus are also of the same genus. Later, Pierre André Latreille designated it as the type species of the genus Papilio. Papilio machaon was named by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758, alongside nearly 200 other species of butterfly. This species is named after Machaon ( Ancient Greek: Μαχάων, romanized: Makháōn) a figure in Greek mythology. ![]() This widespread species is found in much of the Palearctic (it is the only swallowtail in most of Europe) and in North America. It is the type species of the genus Papilio. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species was the first to be given the name). Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.
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