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Whitebanded swallowtail

Papilio echerioides Trimen, 1868

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the whitebanded swallowtail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5.52 cm – 7.02 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
January to April, September to December
Generations a year
Two
Larval food plants
Rutaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the whitebanded swallowtail?

WHITEBANDED SWALLOWTAIL · WINGSPAN 7.02 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.02 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the whitebanded swallowtail is about 4.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the whitebanded swallowtail live?

Not recorded

Is the whitebanded 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 whitebanded swallowtail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPapilionidae
  6. genusPapilio
  7. SpeciesPapilio echerioides Trimen, 1868

Synonyms Papilio echerioides ambangulu, Papilio echerioides imatonga, Papilio echerioides kiellandi, Papilio echerioides pseudowertheri, Papilio echerioides rectofasciata, Papilio echerioides rideschi, Papilio homeyeri, Papilio neumanni, Papilio preussius, Papilio zoroastres, Papilio zoroastres barnsi, Papilio zoroastres gabrieli, Papilio zoroastres joiceyi

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • White-banded swallowtailEnglish
  • Witlint-swaelstertAfrikaans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the whitebanded swallowtail

Other species in the same genus Papilio.

Orange dog

Papilio demodocus

PapilionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the whitebanded swallowtail?

An adult whitebanded swallowtail has a wingspan of 5.52 cm – 7.02 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the whitebanded swallowtail?

The whitebanded swallowtail (Papilio echerioides) 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). Whitebanded swallowtail (Papilio echerioides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/whitebanded-swallowtail

MLA

“Whitebanded swallowtail (Papilio echerioides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/whitebanded-swallowtail.

BibTeX
@misc{whitebanded_swallowtail_2026,
  title = {Whitebanded swallowtail (Papilio echerioides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/whitebanded-swallowtail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}