Papilio machaon oregonius
Subspecies of swallowtail butterflies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Oregon swallowtail (Papilio machaon oregonius, sometimes classified as Papilio oregonius or Papilio bairdii oregonius[1]) is a subspecies of swallowtail butterfly native to the United States of America, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and south-central British Columbia in Canada.[2] In 1976, it became one of the first four butterflies that the United States Postal Service placed on a U.S. stamp.[3]
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Oregon swallowtail | |
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A 1977 U.S. postage stamp featuring the Oregon Swallowtail butterfly | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Papilio |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. m. oregonius |
Trinomial name | |
Papilio machaon oregonius W.H. Edwards, 1876 |
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The Oregon swallowtail was declared the state insect of Oregon in 1979 by the Legislative Assembly.[4][5]