Swallowtails - Butterflies of the Sabinal River Valley - Utopia

Swallowtails

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Big, fancy, and pretty striking and bold, some eight species have been seen locally, and a ninth was seen at Concan once. The first six types shown here occur annually, the last two are rarities.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Buttonbush

Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Papilio glaucus)

Black form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Black form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae

Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)

~ ~ these two species (below) are very rare vagrants here ~ ~

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail at Utopia, November 20, 2007 (Papilio anchisiades)

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades) at a lantana in Utopia. The first Uvalde Co. Record, on November 20, 2007. Often rarities that have travelled hundreds of miles are quite torn up.

Ornythion Swallowtail (Papilio ornythion) Sept. 2006 in Utopia. At the Senior Center Lantana... ANY bush can have the butterfly of the month, or year !! Only a couple have been found in Uvalde Co..