Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Distribution, abundance, flight period, and map information provided by Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina.
08/17/08 · Ashe County, NC
08/17/08 · Ashe County, NC
08/24/08 · Ashe County, NC|
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) |
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| DISTRIBUTION in North Carolina: Mainly coastal, near maritime forests and thickets; scattered records elsewhere, where perhaps mainly a migrant, but possibly resident in the Brushy Mountains, the New River area in Ashe/Alleghany Counties, and in a few other inland locales. |
| ABUNDANCE in North Carolina: Local, and uncommon to rare, along the coast, in and adjacent to extensive maritime forests and thickets, probably most numerous on Bald Head Island. A colony known for Rocky Face in the Brushy Mountains, but certainly extremely rare and local away from the coast as a resident or migrant. |
| FLIGHT PERIOD in North Carolina: Supposedly two broods (not obvious from the flight data); recorded from late April through late September; perhaps occurs into October. As the flight dates for the Washington area are "early May - late June, mid-July - late Sept." (Glassberg 1993), the break between broods in NC might be in June rather than July. The first brood in NC seems very rudimentary, with a small flight in late April and May. Obviously, more data are needed, including information on flight periods for the very small populations in the mountains and Piedmont. |
Distribution, abundance, flight period, and map information provided by Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina. |
| 08/17/08 · Ashe County, NC |
| 08/17/08 · Ashe County, NC |
| 08/24/08 · Ashe County, NC |