Pipevine Swallowtail " Battus Philenor"
4 in. long, narrow black wings, dorsal coal-black (male) to dark slate (female), glazed and shot with brilliant metallic blue. Mela with a dorsal submarginal row of blue-green to yellow spots much more pronounced on female.The amount and shade of blue varies with individual, gender, age, angle, and intensity of the light.
Host plants:
* Aristolochia Serpentaria "Virginia Snakeroot"
*Aristolochia Tomentosa "Woolly Dutchman's pipe"
* Aristolochia Fimbriata "White veined Dutchman's pipe"
Spicebush Swallowtail "Papilio Troilus"
4 in. long, Spicebush swallowtails with iridescent blue (females) or green (males) on the hindwings. There are usually light spots near the edge of the forewings, and orange spots on the underside of the hindwings. Swallowtails have a tail-like extension from the rear edge of each hindwing, reminiscent of the tails of swallows.
Host plants:
* Lindera benzoin, Litsea Aestivalis, Cassytha Filiformis
* Persea Borbonia, Persea Palustris
* Sassafras, Camphor Cornundrum
Black Swallowtail "Papilio Polysenes"
3 1/2 in. long, male and some female black swallowtail are easy to distinguished by the bold yellow band that parallels the row marginal yellow spots on both fore and hind wings. The area between the rows of spots on the hind wings of females is powdery iridescent blue.
Host Plants:
* Curley Parsley, Dill, Fennel, Anise, Cilantro, Caraway, Chervil
* Eryngium Aquaticum, Aromaticum, Baldwin, Prostratum and Yuccifolum
* Zizia aurea, Ptilimnium capillaceum Daucus pusillus and much more....