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Papilio eurymedon

Common name: Pale Swallowtail

Feeds on these plants:

Aesculus californica

Aesculus hippocastanum

Aesculus pavia

Aesculus x carnea

Allium ampeloprasum ‘Leek’
(sold as Titan, Giant Musselburgh, Lancelot, Musselburgh, Large American Flag, American Flag )

Allium ampeloprasum
(sold as elephant garlic)

Allium cepa ‘Bunching Onions’
(sold as Red Baron, white/off white Bunching, Lisbon, Lisbon Winter Hardy, Evergreen white/off white)

Allium cepa ‘Pickling Onion’
(sold as Barletta)

Allium cepa ‘Red Onions’
(sold as Sweet Spanish Red, Southport red globe, Granex Red, red hamburger)

Allium cepa ‘Shallot’
(sold as Ambition, Armador, Cuisse de Poulet echalion, Matador)

Allium cepa ‘White Onion’
(sold as Bermuda White, Granex white, Snow white, Southport white, Sweet Spanish, Spanish)

Allium cepa ‘Yellow Onion’
(sold as Ailsa Craig, Rijnsburger, Sweet & Early, Fiesta, Candy Yellow, Ebenezer Yellow, Sweet Spanish Yellow, Bermuda Yellow, Texas Grano, Texas grano 1015y, Texas supersweet, Vidalia, Walla Walla, Granex Yellow)

Allium cyathophorum

Allium drummondii

Allium hypsistum

Allium ramosum

Allium sativum
(sold as California Early, California Late)

Allium schoenoprasum
(sold as Corsican, Grolau Forcing Chives, Polyvit, Prager, Staro)

Allium senescens

Allium siculum

Allium sikkimense

Allium sphaerocephalon

Allium splendens

Allium textile

Allium tricoccum

Allium tuberosum
(sold as Kobold a couper, mauve flowering form)

Allium unifolium

Allium ursinum

Allium wallichii

Asclepias angustifolia

Asclepias asperula

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)

Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)

Asclepias fascicularis

Asclepias hallii

Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias perennis

Asclepias purpurascens

Asclepias quadrifolia

Asclepias speciosa

Asclepias subulata

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias viridiflora

Bougainvilla species

Buddleja davidii

Buddleja davidii ‘Harlequin’

Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’

Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)

Carduus pycnocephalus

Centranthus ruber

Cercis occidentalis

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)

Delphinium cardinale

Delphinium grandiflorum

Delphinium nudicaule

Delphinium tricorne

Delphinium ‘Galahad’

Delphinium
(sold as x cultorum Blue Fountains)

Dichelostemma congestum

Duranta erecta ‘Sapphire’

Duranta erecta
(sold as Variegata)

Duranta stenostachya

Erysimum cuspidatum ‘Orange Bedder’

Erysimum franciscanum

Erysimum kotschyanum

Erysimum linifolium

Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’

Hesperis matronalis

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’

Lilium formosanum

Osteospermum ecklonis
(sold as Sunscape Daisy Seaside)

Osteospermum fruticosum

Osteospermum hybrid

Osteospermum hybrid ‘Seitope’

Osteospermum hybrid
(sold as Crescendo Orange)

Osteospermum hybrid
(sold as Sunny Sheila)

Osteospermum ‘Serenity Sunburst’

Osteospermum
(sold as Flowerpower)

Osteospermum
(sold as Ostica Series)

Osteospermum
(sold as Pink Spoon)

Osteospermum
(sold as Summertime Vanilla Sky)

Osteospermum
(sold as ser. Lavender Dark)

Phlox drummondii

Phlox pilosa

Phlox subulata

Phlox
(sold as Diamond Mix)

Phlox
(sold as Miller's Hybrid)

Rubus ursinus

Salvia clevelandii

Papilio eurymedon, the Pale Swallowtail, can be found in WA,OR,ID,WY,NV,CA,UT, and NM.
Favorite nectar plants include: Allium, Asclepias, Buddleja, Carduus, Cirsium, Lantana, Lilium, Rubus, and Salvia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Host plants:
Alnus
Alnus rubra
Amelanchier alnifolia
Ceanothus
Ceanothus cordulatus
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus fendleri
Ceanothus integerrimus
Ceanothus prostratus
Ceanothus sanguineus
Ceanothus velutinus
Crataegus douglasii
Crataegus rivularis
Frangula californica californica
Frangula rubra
Holodiscus discolor
Malus
Malus pumila
Prunus
Prunus domestica
Prunus emarginata
Prunus ilicifolia
Prunus persica
Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana demissa
Rhamnus
Rhamnus crocea ilicifolia
Ribes inerme
Salix

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