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Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae #154143793
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Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species was the first to be given the name. It is the type species of the genus Papilio.