Papilio machaon

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q179530
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Summary

Papilio machaon is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,538 views/month, #1,355 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Q109758751[3], Butterfly of the Year[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • Named after: Machaon[6]
  • Parent taxon: Papilio[7]
  • Taxon name: Papilio machaon[8]
  • Commons category: Papilio machaon[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Papilio machaon[10]
  • Commons gallery: Papilio machaon[11]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • Short name: P. machaon[13]
  • Taxon common name: koninginnenpage[14], Old World swallowtail[15], common yellow swallowtail[16], otakárek fenyklový[17], Čemurziežu dižtauriņš[18], koninginnenpage, koninginnepage[19], grand porte-queue[20], swallowtail[21], Schwalbenschwanz[22], ritariperhonen[23], paź królowej[24], svalestjert[25], 金凤蝶[26], macaón[27]
  • Wingspan: 73 millimetre[28]
  • Has host: Daucus carota[29], Angelica sylvestris[30], Peucedanum palustre[31], Angelica genuflexa[32], Ashitaba[33], Artemisia arctica[34], Cicuta virosa[35], Conioselinum[36], Coriandrum sativum[37], Foeniculum vulgare[38], Heracleum maximum[39], Levisticum officinale[40], Pastinaca sativa[41], Petasites frigidus[42]

Body

Identifiers

Papilio machaon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 76193[43]. Papilio machaon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 130891[44]. Papilio machaon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8225376[45]. Papilio machaon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 777696[46].

Why It Matters

Papilio machaon has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

FAQs

What awards did Papilio machaon receive?

Honors received include Q109758751[3] and Butterfly of the Year[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . bund-nrw-naturschutzstiftung.de. Retrieved . bund-nrw-naturschutzstiftung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Systema Naturae. 10th edition, Volume 1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [43] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [46] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [44] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [45] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . The Butterflies of Canada. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 70
    Lepindex id → 168777, 169002
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'c
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ Image: Aix-en-provence 1980 - Schwalbenschwanz (ExaI0327).jpg, Bot: substitució de qualificadors P180 per P14345"
  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 5840
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 5840, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102089335|Schwalbenschwanz (#102089335)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Tax"
  3. 17w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Named after → Machaon
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Has host → Daucus carota, Angelica sylvestris, Peucedanum palustre +54
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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