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Papilio machaon

Common name: Artemisia Swallowtail

Feeds on these plants:

Buddleja alternifolia

Buddleja colvilei

Buddleja crispa

Buddleja davidii

Buddleja davidii ‘Harlequin’

Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’

Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)

Buddleja lindleyana

Buddleja marrubifolia

Buddleja saligna

Buddleja salviifolia

Buddleja weyeriana 'honeycomb'

Buddleja x pikei

Buddleja x weyeriana

Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)

Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)

Dipsacus fullonum

Iris afghanica

Iris bracteata

Iris chrysographes

Iris confusa

Iris domestica

Iris douglasiana

Iris douglasiana ‘Californian Hybrids’

Iris ensata ‘Variegata’

Iris foetidissima

Iris graminea

Iris innominata

Iris japonica ‘Variegata’

Iris laevigata

Iris longipetala

Iris pallida

Iris pallida ‘Aureo Variegata’

Iris pumila

Iris purdyi

Iris sibirica

Iris tenax

Iris versicolor

Iris x germanica

Lantana camara
(sold as Carlos)

Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Peach Sunrise)

Lantana camara
(sold as Landmark Pink Dawn)

Lantana hirta

Lantana hybrid
(sold as New Gold)

Lantana involucrata

Lantana montevidensis

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Confetti)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as Lavender Trailing)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as New Gold)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as orange)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as white)

Lantana montevidensis
(sold as yellow)

Lantana ‘Silver Mound’

Lavandula angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

Lavandula angustifolia ‘Twickel Purple’

Lavandula buchii

Lavandula canariensis

Lavandula dentata

Lavandula lanata

Lavandula pinnata

Lavandula species

Lavandula stoechas ssp. pedunculata
(sold as Avonview)

Lavandula stoechas

Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Lavandula 'Winter Lace')

Lavandula stoechas
(sold as Otto Quast)

Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’

Lavandula x intermedia
(sold as Dutch Mil)

Lavandula
(sold as Goodwin Creek)

Prunus spinosa

Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’

Spiraea japonica ‘Crispa’

Spiraea japonica ‘Goldflame’

Spiraea japonica
(sold as Neon Flash)

Taraxacum officinale

Verbena bonariensis

Verbena hastata

Verbena hybrid
(sold as Quartz scarlet)

Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)

Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Red & White)

Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)

Verbena hybrid
(sold as Tapien Pink)

Verbena lilacina

Verbena rigida 'polaris'

Verbena rigida polaris

Verbena rigida

Verbena stricta

Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’

Verbena
(sold as Aztec Cherry Red)

Verbena
(sold as Aztec Light Pink)

Verbena
(sold as Aztec Pearl)

Verbena
(sold as Aztec Raspberry)

Verbena
(sold as Aztec White Magic)

Verbena
(sold as Babylon Deep Pink)

Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)

Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)

Verbena
(sold as Tukana White)

Verbena
(sold as x hybrida Taylortown Red)

Papilio machaon, the Artemisia Swallowtail, can be found in AK,WA,ID,WY,ND,SD,CA,NV,NE,UT,KS,AZ,NM,MO, and WI.
Favorite nectar plants include: Buddleja, Cirsium, Lantana, Taraxacum, and Verbena
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

Host plants:
Aegopodium podagraria
Ammi majus
Ammi visnaga
Anethum graveolens
Angelica
Angelica archangelica
Angelica dahurica
Angelica decursiva
Angelica genuflexa
Angelica gmelini
Angelica hirsutiflora
Angelica japonica
Angelica keiskei
Angelica longeradiata
Angelica morii
Angelica morrisonicola
Angelica polymorpha
Angelica pubescens
Angelica silvestris
Angelica ursina
Apium graveolens
Artemisia arctica
Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia norvegica
Carum carvi
Carum holopetalum
Cicuta virosa
Citrus
Citrus limon
Conioselinum
Conium maculatum
Coriandrum sativum
Cosmos bipinnatus
Cryptotaenia canadensis
Cryptotaenia japonica
Daucus
Daucus carota
Daucus carota sativus
Dictamnus
Ducrosia anethifolia
Foeniculum vulgare
Foeniculum vulgare piperitum
Glehnia littoralis
Haplophyllum acutifolium
Haplophyllum pedicellatum
Haplophyllum tuberculatum
Heracleum maximum
Heracleum sphondylium
Levisticum officinale
Ligusticum scoticum
Malacocarpus erithmifolius
Pastinaca
Pastinaca sativa
Petasites
Petasites frigidus
Petasites frigidus palmatus
Petroselinum crispum
Peucedanum formosanum
Peucedanum litorale
Peucedanum multivittatum
Peucedanum palustre
Phellodendron amurense
Pimpinella saxifraga
Poncirus trifoliata
Ruta
Ruta angustifolia
Ruta graveolens
Ruta montana
Selinum dawsonii
Seseli libanotis japonica
Tamarix tenuissima
Thamnosma
Tilingia ajanensis
Zanthoxylum schinifolium
Zizia aptera

PD image courtesy of
Adrian

CC0 image courtesy of
Anna N. Chapman