Swallowtail Butterfly

According to a June 2020 web article from World Land Trust, “Swallowtail butterflies (…) include over 550 species, with wonderful names like birdwings, dragontails, apollos, peacocks, festoons, gorgons, and kites. Birdwings are the world’s largest butterflies with wingspans of up to 5 inches. Unfortunately, swallowtails are among the most endangered of all butterflies and much in demand in international trade, collectors paying huge prices for protected species. Consequently, they face a triple menace of habitat loss, climate change, and poaching. Thanks to conservation programmes and anti-poaching laws, swallowtails are surviving despite their black-market value.”