Spicebush swallowtail

Spicebush swallowtail 
Papilio troilus

Wing span: 
3 to 4 inches 

Caterpillar hosts plants: 
leaves of prickly ash, Zanthoxylum; sassafras, Sassafras; spicebush, Lindera; sweetbay, Magnolia; tulip tree, Liriodendron

Adult food:  
nectar of: azalea, Rhododendron; dogbane, Apocynum; Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera; jewelweed, Impatiens; milkweed, Asclepias; sweet pepperbush, Clethra; thistles, Cirsium

Habitat: 
deciduous woodlands, fields, parks, pine barrens, roadsides, wooded swamps, yards 

Notes:  
females lay eggs singly on underside of leaves, hibernates as chrysalis, males patrol for females, puddles.