🐾 Pipevine Swallowtail

Battus philenor · wildlife atlas entry

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Battus philenor , the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail , is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America and Central America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. They are found in many different habitats, but are most commonly found in forests. Caterpillars are often black or red, and feed on compatible plants of the genus Aristolochia . They are known for sequestering acids from the plants they feed on in order to defend themselves from predators by being... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Pipevine Swallowtail — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) kbarylski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Battus philenor
Rank	species
Community observations	99,800 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Arthropoda › class Insecta › order Lepidoptera › family Papilionidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Xichú, Gto., México
(c) Guardianes de la Reserva, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-21 · Ripplewood Dr, Austin, TX, US
(c) Victor Engel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · 1122 E Cave Canyon Pl, Green Valley, AZ 85614, USA
(c) Craig Robson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · San Antonio, TX 78266, USA
(c) lplevak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · High Point, NC, US
(c) nguyener, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-20 · Bexar County, TX, USA
(c) Ken Finger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Mount Lemmon Highway, Tucson, Arizona, US
(c) aszynaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pipevine Swallowtail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-27 · Putla Villa de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico
(c) John Kemner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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