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Alpine black swallowtail

Papilio maackii Ménétriés, 1859

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii) is a species in the family Papilionidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the alpine black swallowtail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
9 cm – 10 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
April to September
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Rutaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the alpine black swallowtail?

ALPINE BLACK SWALLOWTAIL · WINGSPAN 10 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 10 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the alpine black swallowtail is about 5.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the alpine black swallowtail live?

Not recorded

Is the alpine black swallowtail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the alpine black swallowtail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusPapilio
  7. SpeciesPapilio maackii Ménétriés, 1859

Synonyms Achillides maackii, Achillides maackii han, Achillides macckii, Papilio maackii albosyfanius, Papilio maackii han, Papilio maackii kitawakii, Papilio maackii shimogorii, Papilio raddei, Papilio syfanius albosyfanius, Papilio syfanius kitawakii

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • ミヤマカラスアゲハJapanese
  • 산제비나비Korean
  • Парусник МаакаRussian
  • 綠帶翠鳳蝶Chinese
  • 深山烏鴉鳳蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the alpine black swallowtail

Other species in the same genus Papilio.

Orange dog

Papilio demodocus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the alpine black swallowtail?

An adult alpine black swallowtail has a wingspan of 9 cm – 10 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the alpine black swallowtail?

The alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii) belongs to the family Papilionidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpine-black-swallowtail

MLA

“Alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpine-black-swallowtail.

BibTeX
@misc{alpine_black_swallowtail_2026,
  title = {Alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/alpine-black-swallowtail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}