Papilio aegeus

Orchard swallowtail butterfly
Female, Cairns, Queensland
Male, Melbourne Zoo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Papilio
Species:	P. aegeus
Binomial name
Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805
Subspecies
P. a. aegeus (Donovan, 1805) P. a. ormenus (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)
Range of orchard swallowtail   P. a. aegeus;   P. a. ormenus   P. a. aegeus temporary range
Synonyms
Princeps aegeus (Donovan, 1805) Papilio (Princeps) aegeus Donovan, 1805 Menelaides aegeus (Donovan, 1805) Papilio (Menelaides) aegeus Donovan 1805 Papilio erectheus Donovan, 1805 Papilio erectheus Boisduval, 1832 Papilio oberon Grose-Smith, 1897 Papilio doddi Oberthür, 1916

Papilio aegeus, the orchard swallowtail butterfly or large citrus butterfly is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae, that is found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

The larvae of this species are sometimes considered a pest, due to their feeding on citrus leaves in suburban gardens.^[1]