- Family name: Papilionidae/Swallowtails
- General description: tailless; black with broad yellow submarginal spot band and scalloped hindwing margin. Ventral hindwing brownish-black with marginal row of elongated, curved red spots. Abdomen with lateral red stripe.
- Field Marks: Hindwing lacks tail; wings with broad yellow spot band; abdomen with lateral red stripe
- Sexes: appear similar
- Wingspan: 75-102 mm
- Life Cycle: Egg: orange-brown, spherical, laid in clusters on host leaves Mature larva: Brown-black with short fleshy tubercles Chrysalis: brown or green
- Number of Generations: Two or more generations
- Flight Season: March-December
- Abundance: Common
- Habitat: parks, gardens, disturbed sites, old fields
- Counties: Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, De Soto, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Volusia
- Larval Host Plants: Caligo flower (Aristolochia elegans); other ornamental pipevines (Aristolochia spp.)
- Similar Species:
- Additional Information: Adults have strong, rapid flight and continuously flutter wings while feeding. Excellent colonizer.
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