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title: "Mariposa cometa golondrina del Anís"
description: "Papilio zelicaon — Insectos y arañas. Papilio zelicaon, the Anise Swallowtail, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/anise-swallowtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mariposa cometa golondrina del Anís

> Papilio zelicaon — Insectos y arañas. Papilio zelicaon, the Anise Swallowtail, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America.

- Scientific name: *Papilio zelicaon*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 26122
- Wikidata: [Q138272](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138272)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51097](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51097)

## Names

- en: Anise Swallowtail
- de: Anis Schwalbenschwanz
- es: Mariposa cometa golondrina del Anís
- fr: Papillon de l'anise

## Countries with the most observations

US (22395), CA (1982), MX (168)

## Summary

Papilio zelicaon, the Anise Swallowtail, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America. Both the upper and lower sides of its wings are black, but the upper wing has a broad yellow stripe across it, giving the butterfly an overall yellow appearance. There are striking blue spots on the rear edge of the rear wing, and the characteristic tails of the swallowtails. Its wingspan is 52–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in). Its body is somewhat shorter than the rather similar western tiger swallowtail, with which its range overlaps; it also lacks the black stripes, converging toward the tail, of the latter. There is a somewhat…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_zelicaon

## Photo

![Mariposa cometa golondrina del Anís](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/anise-swallowtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dorothy Johnson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1623308

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/anise-swallowtail?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).