Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758
(Swallowtail)

Interactions where Papilio machaon is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Peleteria rubescens a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Peleteria rubescens/Peleteria rubescensa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Papilionidae/Papilio machaon/Papilio machaonswallowtaillarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Papilio machaon (Swallowtail) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Papilio machaon (Swallowtail) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPapilio machaon (Swallowtail)
GenusPapilio (a genus of butterflies)
TribePapilionini (a tribe of butterflies)
SubfamilyPAPILIONINAE (a subfamily of butterflies)
FamilyPAPILIONIDAE (swallowtails)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Papilio machaon (Swallowtail)

Papilio machaon (Swallowtail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Borsje, H.J. 2005 A swallowtail population at Shapwick Heath? Preliminary study on the feasibility by comparing host plant properties in Norfolk and Somerset Research Reports EN Report no 631.

Pathology

Shaw, M.R., Kan, P., Kan-van Limburg Stirum, B. 2015 Emergence behaviour of adult Trogus lapidator (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Heresiarchini) from pupa of its host Papilio machaon L. (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae), with a comparative overview of emergence of Ichneumonidae from Lepidoptera pupae in Europe Journal of Hymenoptera Research Vol 47: 65-85.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Papilio machaon (Swallowtail):

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