Editing Papilio troilus (section)

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{{Speciesbox
| name = Spicebush swallowtail
| image = Spicebush02.jpg
| image_caption = 
| status = G5
| status_system = TNC
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Papilio troilus Spicebush Swallowtail |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.114490/Papilio_troilus |website=explorer.natureserve.org |accessdate=20 September 2020}}</ref>
| genus = Papilio
| species = troilus
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[Lepidoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| range_map = Papilio troilus range map.PNG
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =
*''P. troilus troilus''
*''P. troilus ilioneus''
}}

'''''Papilio troilus''''', the '''spicebush swallowtail''' or '''green-clouded butterfly''', is a common black [[swallowtail butterfly]] found in North America.<ref name="Simply">"Simply Butterflies," Accessed March 17, 2011, http://www.simplybutterflies.com/Backyard_Butterflies.html</ref> It has two subspecies, ''Papilio troilus troilus'' and ''Papilio troilus ilioneus'', the latter found mainly in the Florida peninsula.<ref name="Hall">Hall, Donald; Butler, Jerry (Aug 2007). "Spicebush Swallowtail," ''Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida''. http://www.edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN110700.pdf</ref> The spicebush swallowtail derives its name from its most common host plant, the [[spicebush]], members of the genus ''Lindera''.

The family to which spicebush swallowtails belong, [[Papilionidae]], or swallowtails, include the largest butterflies in the world. The swallowtails are unique in that even while feeding, they continue to flutter their wings. Unlike other swallowtail butterflies, spicebushes fly low to the ground instead of at great heights.<ref name="Scott">Scott, James. ''Butterflies of North America''. Stanford: Stanford UP, 1986.</ref>