| Asian swallowtail Chinese yellow swallowtail Xuthus swallowtail |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Papilio |
| Species: | P. xuthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Papilio xuthus Linnaeus, 1767 |
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Papilio xuthus, also known as the Asian Swallowtail, Chinese Yellow Swallowtail, or as the Xuthus swallowtail, is a middle to large sized swallowtail butterfly found in northeast Asia, Korea, Japan, and Hawaii.
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A mid-sized, yellow, prominently tailed butterfly. It has a wingspan of 45 to 55 mm.
Northern Myanmar, southern China, Japan(from Hokkaidō to Yaeyama Islands), Taiwan, Guam, Ogasawarashoto, Korean Peninsula, maritime province of Siberia, and the Hawaiian Islands.[1]
Common and not threatened.[1]
Papilio xuthus is common in urban, suburban, woods, and orange orchards.
The caterpillar of P. xuthus is very similar to the caterpillar of the Spangle Papilio protenor, however, the color of the osmeterium of P. xuthus is orange yellow, and the color of the osmeterium of P. protenor is ruby red.
The pupa is usually green or brown depending on the roughness of the perch. Pupation takes place after the larval duration of 2 weeks.
The larvae of the species feed on plants of Family Rutaceae. Recorded species of foodplants include: