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Queen swallowtail

Papilio androgeus Cramer, [1775]

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the queen swallowtail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5.85 cm – 11.8 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
January to May, July to August, October to December
Generations a year
Two
Larval food plants
Rutaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the queen swallowtail?

QUEEN SWALLOWTAIL · WINGSPAN 11.8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 11.8 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the queen swallowtail is about 6.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the queen swallowtail live?

Not recorded

Is the queen 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 queen swallowtail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusPapilio
  7. SpeciesPapilio androgeus Cramer, [1775]

Synonyms Heraclides androgeus, Heraclides androgeus iouanalao, Papilio androgeos f. feyeri, Papilio androgeus f. mira

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Androgeus swallowtailEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the queen 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 queen swallowtail?

An adult queen swallowtail has a wingspan of 5.85 cm – 11.8 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the queen swallowtail?

The queen swallowtail (Papilio androgeus) 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). Queen swallowtail (Papilio androgeus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/queen-swallowtail

MLA

“Queen swallowtail (Papilio androgeus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/queen-swallowtail.

BibTeX
@misc{queen_swallowtail_2026,
  title = {Queen swallowtail (Papilio androgeus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/queen-swallowtail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}