Pink-spotted Swallowtail (Papilio pharnaces Doubleday)
Wing span: 3 5/16 - 3 3/4 inches (8.4 - 9.5 cm)
Identification: Wings black; some specimens without tails. Upper surface of hindwing with submarginal and postmedian bands of small pink spots.
Life history: None reported.
Flight: February-October in Mexico, April in south Texas.
Caterpillar hosts: Plants in citrus (Rutaceae) family.
Adult food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Edges of woods at low-middle elevations.
Range: Central and southern Mexico. One stray reported from lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
