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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Papilionidae Sub Family   Description   the 'swallowtails' Background to Family   The single species resident in Britain, Papilio machaon, is represented by an endemic race, britannicus, which develops solely on milk-parsley (Peucedanum palustre, Apiaceae). Consequently, the butterfly is restricted to open fens and marshes, and occurs only in East Anglia. Caterpillars pupate on vegetation away from the host plant. In contrast, the continental European race, gorganus, will breed on a range of umbellifers (Apiaceae). It has established temporary populations, in southern England, in three periods during the last 150 years.     No. taxa in DBIF   8 No. interactions   84 % interactions with British data   70% No. records   121 % taxa with British data   88% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; Captive-rearing has supplied a substantial proportion of the food plant interactions.; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1982 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Luckens, C.J.(1984) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 96 64-65:65 Source   Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:17 Source   Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:38 Source   Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:35 Source   Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:36 Source   Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :5 Source   Dempster, J.P., King, M.L. & Lakhani, K.H.(1976) Ecol. Entomol. 1:2 71-84:71 Source   Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:108 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath,J. (1989) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 1) 1-370:76 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath,J. (1989) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 1) 1-370:81 Source   Wiklund, C.(1982) Proc. 5th Int. symp. Insect-plant relationships 5 181-191:184 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath,J. (1989) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 1) 1-370:78 Source   Berenbaum, M.(1981) Ecol. Entomol. 6 345-351:346 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath,J. (1989) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 1) 1-370:73 Source   Berenbaum, M.(1981) Ecol. Entomol. 6 345-351:349 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 9 Source   Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :10 Source   Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:90 Source   Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 14 Source   Dennis, R.L.H. (1977) The British Butterflies their Origin and Establishment 1-318:301 Source   Asher, J. (2001). The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.