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Papilio polyxenes
The (Eastern) Black Swallowtail (''Papilio polyxenes''), also called the American Swallowtail or Parsnip Swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma. An extremely similar-appearing species, ''Papilio joanae'', occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to ''Papilio machaon'', rather than ''P. polyxenes''. The species is named after the figure in Greek mythology, Polyxena (pron.: /pəˈlɪksɨnə/; Greek: Πολυξένη), who was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy. Its caterpillar is called the parsley worm because the caterpillar feeds on parsley.〔
The ''Papilio polyxenes'' demonstrates polyandry and a lek mating system, showing no male parental care and display sites. Females are therefore able to choose males based on these sites and males are the only resource the females find at these sites.〔
==Taxonomy==
''P. polyxenes'' is part of the family Papilionidae of the swallowtail butterflies in the ''Papilionini'' tribe. The members of this tribe all have tails on the backwings, and therefore include species named Swallowtail.〔"Genus Papilio." http://en.butterflycorner.net/Genus-PAPILIO.366.0.html#c4148〕 ''P. polyxenes'' is part of the genus ''Papilio'', which is the biggest group of the family Papilionidae. Members of this genus typically feed on plants of the family ''Lauraceae'', ''Rutaceae'', and ''Umbelliferae''.〔
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