Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly
Papilio troilus
The false eyespots on the Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar are intended to frighten any predators
Butterfly Size: 3 – 4 inches
Habitats:
Plants for the Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly
HOST PLANTS
- Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
- sassafras trees (Sassafras albidum)
- perhaps prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)
- tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana)
- camphor (Cinnamomum camphora)
- redbay (Persea borbonia)
FOOD PLANTS
Nectar from:
- Japanese honeysuckle
- jewelweed
- thistles
- milkweed
- azalea
- dogbane
- lantana
- mimosa
- sweet pepperbush
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