Macaón
Papilio machaon
Mariposa
Gran mariposa de cola de golondrina amarilla y negra de la región holártica. Las orugas se alimentan sobre todo de plantas de la familia de la zanahoria (Apiaceae) y también usan ruda en partes de su área, por lo que es la contraparte honesta del Viejo Mundo para jardines mediterráneos con ruda e hinojo como plantas hospederas ornamentales o herbáceas.
Plan para esta especie
Conjunto de plantas aptas para Chicago, IL: primero plantas hospedantes y especialistas, luego plantas de néctar, fruto, semilla, follaje y refugio que también encajan con la lectura climática actual y de mediados de siglo.
1 relación esencial / 5 plantas de apoyo
Enlaces hospedador/especialista: 1
Enlaces forraje/polinización: 5
Enlaces de refugio: 0
Roles de relación: 2
Ruda
Esencial / Plantas hospedantes de larvas
Old World swallowtail caterpillars use rue in parts of the species range; this is the precise swallowtail host link behind the rue foliage note.
Flor globo
De apoyo / Plantas de néctar
Old World swallowtail butterflies (Papilio machaon) forage nectar from open, upward-facing flowers in their native and European garden range; balloon flower's wide star blooms in summer are the type of resource this species uses.
Clavel de Cheddar
De apoyo / Plantas de néctar
Old World swallowtail is recorded nectaring on Dianthus species in European calcareous grassland habitats where both co-occur.
Cerezo japonés ornamental
De apoyo / Plantas de néctar
Old World swallowtail adults occasionally visit cherry blossoms for nectar in European settings.
Lila persa
De apoyo / Plantas de néctar
Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is recorded nectaring on Syringa in European gardens; plausible on Persian lilac within its overlapping Palearctic range.
Valeriana roja
De apoyo / Plantas de néctar
Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is a frequently reported nectar visitor to red valerian in the plant's Mediterranean native range and in European gardens; a long-tongued generalist well suited to the spurred flowers.
Plantas en el catálogo
Plantas hospedantes de larvas · 1
Old World swallowtail caterpillars use rue in parts of the species range; this is the precise swallowtail host link behind the rue foliage note.
Plantas de néctar · 9
Old World swallowtail butterflies (Papilio machaon) forage nectar from open, upward-facing flowers in their native and European garden range; balloon flower's wide star blooms in summer are the type of resource this species uses.
Old World swallowtail is recorded nectaring on Dianthus species in European calcareous grassland habitats where both co-occur.
Old World swallowtails (Papilio machaon) visit late-summer shrubs with accessible nectar across the species' native and naturalized Eurasian range.
Old World swallowtail adults occasionally visit cherry blossoms for nectar in European settings.
Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is recorded nectaring on Syringa in European gardens; plausible on Persian lilac within its overlapping Palearctic range.
Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is a frequently reported nectar visitor to red valerian in the plant's Mediterranean native range and in European gardens; a long-tongued generalist well suited to the spurred flowers.
The Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon) ranges across coastal and grassland habitats co-extensive with Armeria maritima in Europe and is a plausible nectar visitor to the exposed, open flower heads.
Butterflies including the swallowtail nectar at open, daisy-type composites like this in sunny European meadows and gardens; graded plausible generalist nectar foraging, with the host plants for the swallowtail being umbellifers rather than this plant.
Within the native range the Old World swallowtail overlaps this lily across China, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East, and the same swallowtail-type floral morphology applies. The best-studied Asian visitors to lilies of this shape are actually Papilio xuthus and the black swallowtails of the P. helenus and P. protenor group, none of which has an entry in this catalog and which are therefore named here rather than wired as relationships.
Distribución
Ampliamente distribuida por Europa, el norte de África, Asia templada y partes del noroeste de Norteamérica, con subespecies locales y preferencias de hábitat variables según la región.
Fuentes y citas
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Plotwright. (n.d.). Macaón (Papilio machaon). Retrieved 2026, August 20, from https://plotwright.com/wildlife/papilio-machaon
Fuentes utilizadas para este registro
Este registro se elaboró a partir de las fuentes de abajo.
UK Butterflies: Swallowtail
Species account used for identification, flight-season context, and larval-host ecology.
Wikipedia: Papilio machaon
Corroborating reference for the Holarctic range and Apiaceae/rue host-plant context.
GBIF: Papilio machaon
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy accepts Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 as a species, matched exactly.
iNaturalist: Papilio machaon
iNaturalist taxon 56529 is the active species Papilio machaon, giving crowd-sourced observation range data.