Summary description from Wikipedia:

Papilio polyxenes in languages:

Chinese

珀鳳蝶

English

Black Swallowtail

English

American Black Swallowtail

English

Parsnip Swallowtail

French

papillon du céleri

German

Schwarzer Schwalbenschwanz

Japanese

メスクロキアゲハ

Russian

Парусник поликсена

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Parent Taxon

• Papilio

Sibling Taxa

• Papilio alexanor
• Papilio benguetanus
• Papilio brevicauda
• Papilio hospiton
• Papilio indra
• Papilio joanae
• Papilio machaon
• Papilio polyxenes
• Papilio saharae
• Papilio verityi
• Papilio xuthus
• Papilio zelicaon

Child Taxa

• Papilio polyxenes americus
• Papilio polyxenes asterius
• Papilio polyxenes rudkini
• Papilio polyxenes sadalus
• Papilio polyxenes stabilis

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