Pipevine Swallowtail - ROM2015_14699_7

ROM2015_14699_7

Pipevine Swallowtail

Place Collected
(Event)
: North America, Canada, Ontario, Kent County, 42.2816, -81.8433
Taxonomy
    • Attributes
    • Objects
    • Taxonomy
    • Kingdom:  Animalia
    • Phylum:  Arthropoda
    • Class:  Insecta
    • Order:  Lepidoptera
    • Family:  Papilionidae
    • Subfamily:  Papilioninae
    • Tribe:  Troidini
    • Genus:  Battus
    • SpecificEpithet:  philenor
Object number: ROME43087
Not on view
DescriptionDutchman's-pipe leaves contain toxic chemicals that are absorbed by Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars and are passed on to the adults, making both stages unpalatable to potential predators such as birds.
Department: Natural History: Insects & Arachnids
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