Baird's Swallowtail Papilio bairdi Adult Male Home - Butterflies - Details immatures

Dorsal Ventral Close-up Legs and abdomen Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Male eclosed July 08, 2006 Ova collected  May 27, 2006  in the Stansbury Range, Tooele County, Utah by T. Stout. Name variations Papilio bairdi ==Papilio machaon bairdi form gothica Host Plant Tarragon - Artemisia dracunculus Lomatium grayi - Gray's Biscuitroot There is a question whether Indian Parsley  can be used to rear  the P. machaon bairdi butterfly  Indian Parsley -  Lomatium dissectum Other  host  plants (not photographed)  Fennel Other Parsley Other Information P. machaon bairdi has one flight  in  the north of it's range and two in the southern part of it's range.  Since we are in the southern part of it's range, it will not require being cooled for a few months to simulate a winter nor a simulated spring  before the pupa develops and  emerges  as an adult  this year.