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title: "Lime Swallowtail"
description: "Papilio demoleus — Owady i pająki. Papilio demoleus is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lime-swallowtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Lime Swallowtail

> Papilio demoleus — Owady i pająki. Papilio demoleus is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly.

- Scientific name: *Papilio demoleus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 26904
- Wikidata: [Q285314](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285314)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51583](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51583)

## Names

- en: Lime Swallowtail
- de: Indischer Citrus-Schwalbenschwanz
- es: Papilio Ajedrezado
- fr: Voilier échiquier
- nl: Limoenvlinder

## Countries with the most observations

IN (10064), AU (3194), SG (1873), TW (1865), ID (1139), TH (1099), HK (1050), MY (665), PH (626), PK (404), VN (389), DO (329)

## Summary

Papilio demoleus is a common and widespread swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is also known as the lemon butterfly and chequered swallowtail. These common names refer to their host plants, which are usually citrus species such as the cultivated lime. Unlike most swallowtail butterflies, it does not have a prominent tail. When the adult stage is taken into consideration, the lime swallowtail is the shortest-lived butterfly, with male adults dying after four days and females after a week. The butterfly is native to Asia and Australia, and can be considered an invasive pest in other parts of the world. The butterfly…

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

## Photo

![Lime Swallowtail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lime-swallowtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Annelisa Stephan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55340746

## Machine access

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