Papilio zelicaon

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Papilio zelicaon

Common name: Anise Swallowtail

Feeds on these plants:

Acacia aneura

Acacia baileyana

Acacia caffra

Acacia cardiophylla

Acacia cognata

Acacia craspedocarpa

Acacia cultriformis

Acacia dealbata

Acacia decora

Acacia drummondii

Acacia farnesiana

Acacia greggii

Acacia iteaphylla

Acacia linifolia

Acacia longifolia

Acacia melanoxylon

Acacia pendula

Acacia podalyriifolia

Acacia pravissima

Acacia redolens

Acacia retinodes

Acacia saligna

Acacia stenophylla

Acacia verticillata

Acacia vestita

Aesculus californica

Aesculus hippocastanum

Aesculus pavia

Aesculus x carnea

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

Begonia grandis

Begonia tuberhybrida

Begonia ‘Beatrice Haddrell’

Begonia ‘Doublet White’

Begonia ‘Irene Nuss’

Begonia ‘Richmondensis’

Begonia
(sold as Ambassador pink)

Begonia
(sold as Ambassador scarlet)

Begonia
(sold as Ambassador white)

Begonia
(sold as Bada Boom Rose)

Begonia
(sold as George Morneau)

Begonia
(sold as Lady Francis)

Begonia
(sold as Senator White)

Begonia
(sold as sempervirens white)

Bougainvilla species

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

Carduus acanthoides

Carduus nutans

Carduus pycnocephalus

Centranthus ruber

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)

Daucus carota

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

Echinacea angustifolia

Echinacea paradoxa

Echinacea purpurea

Echinacea sanguinea

Echinacea tennesseensis

Echinacea
(sold as Big Sky Harvest Moon)

Echinacea
(sold as Big Sky Yellow)

Echium candicans

Echium hybrid
(sold as Mr Happy)

Echium maculatum

Echium pininana

Echium plantagineum

Echium vulgare

Echium wildpretii

Ericameria nauseosa

Hebe albicans

Hebe glaucophylla

Hebe ochracea ‘James Stirling’

Hebe pimeleoides ‘Quicksilver’

Hebe pinguifolia

Hebe rakaiensis

Hebe topiaria

Hebe vernicosa

Hebe ‘Mary Antoinette’

Hebe ‘Mc Keanii’

Hebe ‘Red Edge’

Hebe ‘Wiri Blush’

Iris afghanica

Iris bracteata

Iris chrysographes

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 ‘Aureo Variegata’

Iris sibirica

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 ‘Twickel Purple’

Leptospermum laevigatum

Leptospermum petersonii

Leptospermum polygalifolium

Leptospermum rotundifolium

Leptospermum rotundifolium
(sold as Manning's Choice)

Leptospermum rupestre

Leptospermum scoparium

Leptospermum scoparium ‘Ruby Glow’

Leptospermum scoparium
(sold as Kiwi)

Leptospermum scoparium
(sold as Pink Pearl)

Leptospermum scoparium
(sold as Red Ensign)

Leptospermum scoparium
(sold as Silver & Rose)

Pelargonium cordifolium

Pelargonium graveolens

Pelargonium peltatum

Pelargonium peltatum
(sold as Caliente Deep Red)

Pelargonium peltatum
(sold as Global Pink Pearl)

Pelargonium quercifolium

Pelargonium sidoides

Pelargonium x domesticum

Pelargonium x hortorum

Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Pink Fizz)

Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Regal Burgundy)

Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Rocky Mountain Light Salmon)

Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as White Splash)

Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Zonals)

Pelargonium
(sold as 11 Elegance)

Pelargonium
(sold as Peppermint Geranium)

Pelargonium
(sold as Stardom Series)

Pentas species

Raphanus raphanistrum

Raphanus sativus
(sold as April Cross)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Cabernet)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Cherry Belle)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as China Rose)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Chinese White)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Comet)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Crunchy Royale)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Early Scarlet Globe)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as French Breakfast)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Icicle)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Long White Icicle)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Masato Green)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Masato Red)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Minowase Early daikon)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Ping Pong)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Pink Beauty)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Red Boy)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Red Meat)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Round Black Spanish)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Sakurajima Mammoth)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Scarlet Globe)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Snow Belle)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Sparkler)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Szechuan Red)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as Tama)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as burpee white)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as champion)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as cherriette)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as lady slipper)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as plum purple)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as scarlet knight)

Raphanus sativus
(sold as summer cross)

Rhododendron alabamense

Rhododendron ciliicalyx ssp. lyi

Rhododendron davidsonianum

Rhododendron edgeworthii ssp. edgeworthia

Rhododendron falconeri subsection falconera

Rhododendron floccigerum

Rhododendron galactinum subsection falconera

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Rhododendron haematodes ssp. chaetomallum subsection neriiflora

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Alaska’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Dorothy Gish’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘George Lindley Taber’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Gumpo’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Hakata Shiro’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Phoeniceum’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pink Lace’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pride Of Dorking’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Red Sunset’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Rose Queen’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Satsuki Shugetsu’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Sweetheart Suprem’

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Avenir)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Billie Dee)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Brilliant)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Easter Parade)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Flamingo)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Garden Party)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Happy Days)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Ku Coral)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Mansaku)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Price)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Purple Passion)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Thundercloud)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Very Berry)

Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as White Lace)

Rhododendron impeditum
(sold as Dwarf Impeditum)

Rhododendron leucaspis ssp. boothia

Rhododendron neriflorum ssp. neriflorum

Rhododendron occidentale

Rhododendron pachytrichum ssp. maculifera

Rhododendron ponticum

Rhododendron ponticum
(sold as Variegatum)

Rhododendron rex

Rhododendron sidereum ssp. grandia

Rhododendron veitchianum ssp. maddenia

Rhododendron xanthostephanum ssp. tephropepla

Rhododendron ‘Anah Kruschke’

Rhododendron ‘Anna Rose Whitney’

Rhododendron ‘Blue Diamond’

Rhododendron ‘Cunningham's Blush’

Rhododendron ‘Daphnoides’

Rhododendron ‘Dora Amateis’

Rhododendron ‘Edith Bosley’

Rhododendron ‘Golden Gate’

Rhododendron ‘Goldflimmer’

Rhododendron ‘Lee's Dark Purple’

Rhododendron ‘Oceanlake’

Rhododendron ‘Pjm’

Rhododendron ‘Plm Elite’

Rhododendron ‘Purple Gem’

Rhododendron ‘Rocket’

Rhododendron ‘Virginia Richards’

Scabiosa caucasica

Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama’

Scabiosa columbaria

Scabiosa ochroleuca

Scabiosa ‘Pink Mist’

Syringa pubescens ssp. microphylla

Syringa pubescens ssp. patula ‘Miss Kim’

Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’

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)

Vinca minor
(sold as Bowles Blue)

Vinca minor
(sold as Sterling Silver)

Vinca
(sold as Burgundy Halo)

Vinca
(sold as Cooler Blush)

Vinca
(sold as Cooler Grape)

Vinca
(sold as Pacifica Deep Orchid)

Vinca
(sold as Sante Fe)

Vinca
(sold as Victory Bright Eye)

Vinca
(sold as Victory Deep Pink)

Vinca
(sold as Victory Mix)

Zinnia elegans

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Magellan Coral)

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Magellan Yellow)

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Oklahoma Scarlet)

Zinnia elegans
(sold as Sizzle Cherry & Ivory)

Zinnia haageana

Zinnia peruviana

Zinnia species

Zinnia
(sold as Crystal White)

Zinnia
(sold as Dreamland Mix)

Zinnia
(sold as Dreamland scarlet)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Apricot)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Cherry)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Orange)

Zinnia
(sold as Profusion White)

Zinnia
(sold as Short Stuff Mix)

Zinnia
(sold as State Fair Mix)

Papilio zelicaon, the Anise Swallowtail, can be found in WA,ID,WY,OR,CO,ND,SD,CA,NV,UT,NE,KS,AZ, and NM.
Favorite nectar plants include: Acacia, Asclepias, Buddleja, Carduus, Cirsium, Lantana, Lilum, Pelargonium, Pentas, Verbena, and Zinnia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

Host plants:
Anethum graveolens
Angelica
Angelica ampla
Angelica arguta
Angelica hendersonii
Angelica kingii
Angelica lineariloba
Angelica lucida
Angelica tomentosa
Apium graveolens
Carum carvi
Cicuta maculata
Citrus
Citrus limon
Citrus sinensis
Comptonia
Conioselinum
Conioselinum scopulorum
Conium
Conium maculatum
Daucus
Daucus carota
Daucus pusillus
Foeniculum vulgare
Foeniculum vulgare
Harbouria trachypleura
Heracleum
Heracleum maximum
Heracleum sphondylium
Ligusticum
Ligusticum grayi
Ligusticum porteri
Lomatium
Lomatium californicum
Lomatium dasycarpum
Lomatium dissectum
Lomatium dissectum multifidum
Lomatium grayi
Lomatium marginatum
Lomatium martindalei
Lomatium nuttallii
Lomatium parryi
Lomatium triternatum
Lomatium utriculatum
Musineon tenuifolium
Oenanthe
Oenanthe sarmentosa
Pastinaca sativa
Perideridia bolanderi
Perideridia gairdneri
Perideridia kelloggii
Petroselinum crispum
Pimpinella
Pseudocymopterus
Pseudocymopterus montanus
Pteryxia
Pteryxia hendersonii
Pteryxia petraea
Pteryxia terbinthina
Pteryxia terebinthina californica
Ruta
Ruta graveolens
Sphenosciadium
Sphenosciadium capitellatum
Tauschia
Tauschia arguta
Tauschia parishii
Zizia
Zizia aptera

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