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Giant Swallowtail

Papilio antimachus

Description:

The largest butterfly in Canada and the United States it has a wingspan between 10-16 cm

Habitat:

Mainly Jamaica but they cross Mexico, the United States, and Canada when migrating.

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3 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Welcome..!!

JosephSmith
JosephSmith 12 years ago

ah.
thank you.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes Giant...

JosephSmith
Spotted by
JosephSmith

Texas, USA

Spotted on Sep 4, 2011
Submitted on Sep 4, 2011

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