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Papilio multicaudata

Common name: Two-tailed Swallowtail

Feeds on these plants:

Asclepias angustifolia

Asclepias asperula

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)

Asclepias fascicularis

Asclepias hallii

Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias perennis

Asclepias purpurascens

Asclepias quadrifolia

Asclepias speciosa

Asclepias subulata

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias viridiflora

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Centranthus ruber

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)

Dichelostemma congestum

Ipomopsis aggregata

Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus

Lantana camara
(sold as Carlos)

Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Peach Sunrise)

Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Pink Dawn)

Lantana hirta

Lantana hybrid
(sold as New Gold)

Lantana involucrata

Lantana montevidensis

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Confetti)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Lavender Trailing)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as New Gold)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as orange)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as white)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as yellow)

Lantana ‘Silver Mound’

Lobelia angulata

Lobelia cardinalis

Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’

Lobelia dunni

Lobelia erinus
(sold as Blue Splash)

Lobelia hybrid ‘Compliment Deep Red’

Lobelia hybrid
(sold as Laguna Pink)

Lobelia laxiflora

Lobelia siphilitica

Lobelia tupa

Lobelia x speciosa

Lobelia x speciosa
(sold as Fan Deep Red)

Prunus americana

Prunus armeniaca
(sold as Blenheim apricot)

Prunus armeniaca
(sold as apricot)

Prunus avium
(sold as Bing Cherry)

Prunus avium
(sold as Black Tartarian Cherry)

Prunus avium
(sold as Craig's Crimson Cherry)

Prunus avium
(sold as Royal Ann Cherry)

Prunus cerasifera

Prunus cerasifera ‘Purple Pony’

Prunus dulcis

Prunus laurocerasus

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Marbled White’

Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’

Prunus mexicana

Prunus padus

Prunus persica
(sold as Canadian Harmony)

Prunus persica
(sold as Elberta)

Prunus persica
(sold as Heavenly White)

Prunus salicina

Prunus serotina

Prunus spinosa

Prunus tenella

Prunus umbellata

Prunus virginiana demissa

Prunus virginiana melampcarpa

Prunus virginiana melanopcarpa

Prunus virginiana

Prunus yedoensis

Zinnia elegans

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Magellan Coral)

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Magellan Yellow)

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Oklahoma Scarlet)

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Sizzle Cherry & Ivory)

Zinnia haageana

Zinnia peruviana

Zinnia species

Zinnia

Zinnia
(sold as Crystal White)

Zinnia
(sold as Dreamland Mix)

Zinnia
(sold as Dreamland scarlet)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Apricot)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Cherry)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Orange)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion White)

Zinnia
(sold as Short Stuff Mix)

Zinnia
(sold as State Fair Mix)

Papilio multicaudata, the Two-tailed Swallowtail, can be found in WA,OR,ID,WY,CO,ND,SD,CA,NV,UT,NM,AZ,TX,NE, and MO.
Favorite nectar plants include: Asclepias, Cephalanthus, Cirsium, Lantana Lobelia, and Zinnia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Host plants:
Thamnosma montana

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