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Papilio

5 species

In Québec, the genus Papilio (family Papilionidae) counts 5 species of insects. The stars? Black Swallowtail, Canadian Tiger Swallowtail and Short-tailed Swallowtail, the most often observed. The richest region: Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, with 4 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean4
  2. Côte-Nord4
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  6. Capitale-Nationale2
  7. Mauricie2
  8. Estrie2
  9. Montréal2
  10. Outaouais2
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  12. Nord-du-Québec2
  13. Laval2
  14. Lanaudière2
  15. Laurentides2
  16. Montérégie2
  17. Centre-du-Québec2

Papilio 5

Lepidoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Papilionidae
All2,108Noctuidae445Tortricidae317Geometridae242Erebidae203Crambidae132Gelechiidae84Pyralidae80Gracillariidae68Nymphalidae51Notodontidae49Lycaenidae31Sphingidae31Tineidae31Hesperiidae29Depressariidae26Nepticulidae24Sesiidae21Coleophoridae18Limacodidae15Pterophoridae14Momphidae13Pieridae13Nolidae12Saturniidae11Argyresthiidae10Drepanidae8Oecophoridae8Blastobasidae6Cosmopterigidae6Hepialidae6Lasiocampidae6Papilionidae6Bucculatricidae5Choreutidae5Cossidae5Tischeriidae5Autostichidae4Carposinidae4Elachistidae4Ethmiidae4Heliozelidae4Psychidae4Yponomeutidae4Euteliidae3Glyphipterigidae3Plutellidae3Scythrididae3Ypsolophidae3Adelidae2Alucitidae2Apatelodidae2Eriocraniidae2Incurvariidae2Lyonetiidae2Prodoxidae2Schreckensteiniidae2Uraniidae2Attevidae1Batrachedridae1Bedelliidae1Dryadaulidae1Epermeniidae1Heliodinidae1Lecithoceridae1Micropterigidae1Opostegidae1Thyrididae1Urodidae1
Black Swallowtail2,009 observations
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail1,792 observations
Short-tailed Swallowtail238 observations
Old World Swallowtail20 observations
Spicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilus