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title: "Papilio multicaudatus"
description: "Papilio multicaudata — Insecten en spinnen. Papilio multicaudata, the two-tailed swallowtail, is a species of the family Papilionidae found in western North America from British Columbia to Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/two-tailed-swallowtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Papilio multicaudatus

> Papilio multicaudata — Insecten en spinnen. Papilio multicaudata, the two-tailed swallowtail, is a species of the family Papilionidae found in western North America from British Columbia to Central America.

- Scientific name: *Papilio multicaudata*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 23720
- Wikidata: [Q137370](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137370)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68263](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68263)

## Names

- en: Two-tailed Swallowtail
- de: Papilio multicaudatus
- es: Mariposa cometa xochiquetzal
- fr: Papillon à queue fourchue
- it: Papilio multicaudatus
- nl: Papilio multicaudatus
- pt: Papilio multicaudatus
- pl: Papilio multicaudatus

## Countries with the most observations

US (12278), MX (9271), CA (1152), GT (17)

## Summary

Papilio multicaudata, the two-tailed swallowtail, is a species of the family Papilionidae found in western North America from British Columbia to Central America.

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

## Photo

![Papilio multicaudatus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/two-tailed-swallowtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sean Washington (He/Him/His) · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193999182

## Machine access

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