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Life Stages Diagram
The bars in this diagram show approximate times of the year when the butterfly will be present, in Nova Scotia, in its various life stages.

The dates shown for the adult stage are based on actual reports for Nova Scotia. The majority of reports will be within the period shown, but small numbers of adults will be earlier or later.

Dates for egg, larva and pupa are based on what information was available regarding time periods for eggs to develop, and typical time required for pupation. Like the adults, some records can be expected outside the date ranges we have shown. We caution that dates for these immature stages are mostly conjectural.

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Giant Swallowtail - Heraclides cresphontes
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Giant Swallowtail - Male, upperside. - Smithville, TX - 2006-08-25
Photo © Phil Schappert
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Status in Nova Scotia
Accidental.

Notes
Until recently, this species was known as Papilio cresphontes.

One record. A "very tattered male" (Ferguson) was collected near Windsor Junction, probably in August of 1901, by Miss Helen King. The specimen is in the collection of the Nova Scotia Museum. In Canada, the species is resident in southwestern Ontario, and has occurred as far east as Montreal. During the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas field period, there were five reports from New Brunswick, including one in the Jolicure area, very close to Nova Scotia. In the USA, it ranges into southern New England.

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Giant Swallowtail - Smithville, TX, 2006-05-24
Giant Swallowtail - Female, underside - Smithville, TX - 2006-05-24
2006-05-24
Photo © Phil Schappert
Giant Swallowtail - Smithville, TX, 2006-09-23
Giant Swallowtail - Mating pair, female above male. - Smithville, TX - 2006-09-23
2006-09-23
Photo © Phil Schappert