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Short-tailed swallowtail

Papilio brevicauda Saunders, 1869

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The short-tailed swallowtail (Papilio brevicauda) is a species in the family Papilionidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the short-tailed swallowtail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
6.45 cm – 7.45 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
June to August
Generations a year
Two
Larval food plants
Apiaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the short-tailed swallowtail?

SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL · WINGSPAN 7.45 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.45 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the short-tailed swallowtail is about 4.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the short-tailed swallowtail live?

Not recorded

Is the short-tailed 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 short-tailed swallowtail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusPapilio
  7. SpeciesPapilio brevicauda Saunders, 1869
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Short tailed swallowtailEnglish
  • papillon queue-courteFrench
  • Macaone coda corta settentrionaleItalian
  • キタクロキアゲハJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the short-tailed 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 short-tailed swallowtail?

An adult short-tailed swallowtail has a wingspan of 6.45 cm – 7.45 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the short-tailed swallowtail?

The short-tailed swallowtail (Papilio brevicauda) 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). Short-tailed swallowtail (Papilio brevicauda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-swallowtail

MLA

“Short-tailed swallowtail (Papilio brevicauda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-swallowtail.

BibTeX
@misc{short_tailed_swallowtail_2026,
  title = {Short-tailed swallowtail (Papilio brevicauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-swallowtail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}