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Swallowtails have a
number of
distinctive features; for example, the
papilionid caterpillar bears a
repugnatorial organ called the
osmeterium on its prothorax...
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osmeterium is a
defensive organ found in all
papilionid larvae, in all stages. The
organ is
situated in the
prothoracic segment and can be everted...
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front ends
which are
marked with
eyespots as if they were snakes. Some
papilionid caterpillars such as the
giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) resemble...
- Five-bar
swordtail or the
green black-striped
giant jay is a
species of
papilionid butterfly found in
South and
Southeast Asia. The
species was
first described...
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caterpillars regurgitate acidic digestive juices at
attacking enemies. Many
papilionid larvae produce bad
smells from
extrudable glands called osmeteria. Many...
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Graphium doson, the
common jay, is a black,
tropical papilionid (swallowtail)
butterfly with pale blue semi-transparent
central wing
bands that are formed...
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represented with 89
species found within Indian borders. Two of the
three papilionid subfamilies are
represented in India, namely, the Parn****iinae or Apollos...
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Allancastria cerisyi, the
eastern festoon, is an Old
World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the
Balkans to
include Turkey and...
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Retrieved 2022-01-14. Igarashi, S.(1965).
Papilio chikae, an
unrecorded Papilionid butterfly from
Luzon island, the Philippines. Tyo To Ga (Transactions...
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Atrophaneura nox, the
Malayan batwing, is a
papilionid butterfly found in Java,
northern Borneo and
Peninsular Malaysia. The
species is
black with blue...
