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Idaes swallowtail

Papilio anchisiades Esper, 1788

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The idaes swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades) is a species in the family Papilionidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the idaes swallowtail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4.45 cm – 9.67 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
May, October
Generations a year
Two
Larval food plants
Rutaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the idaes swallowtail?

IDAES SWALLOWTAIL · WINGSPAN 9.67 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 9.67 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the idaes swallowtail is about 5.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the idaes swallowtail live?

Not recorded

Is the idaes 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 idaes swallowtail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusPapilio
  7. SpeciesPapilio anchisiades Esper, 1788

Synonyms Heraclides anchisiades, Heraclides anchisiades lamasi, Papilio archelaus, Papilio ideus, Papilio theramenes

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Red-spotted swallowtailEnglish
  • Ruby-spotted swallowtailEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the idaes swallowtail

Other species in the same genus Papilio.

Orange dog

Papilio demodocus

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the idaes swallowtail?

An adult idaes swallowtail has a wingspan of 4.45 cm – 9.67 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the idaes swallowtail?

The idaes swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades) 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). Idaes swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/idaes-swallowtail

MLA

“Idaes swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/idaes-swallowtail.

BibTeX
@misc{idaes_swallowtail_2026,
  title = {Idaes swallowtail (Papilio anchisiades)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/idaes-swallowtail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}