Anise Swallowtail

The Anise Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio zelicaon) is a member of the Parnassian and Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family, and is found in the San Francisco Bay Area.

It is attracted to the following California native plants, found in the East Bay region:

Photo courtesy of Daniel Fitzgerald

Anise Swallowtail

Sanicula bipinnatifida
purple sanicle
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Sanicula tuberosa
tuberous sanicle
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Perideridia californica
California yampah
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Oenanthe sarmentosa
water parsley
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Lomatium utriculatum
common lomatium
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Lomatium californicum
chu-chi-pate
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Lomatium dasycarpum subsp. dasycarpum
woolly-fruit lomatium
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Ligusticum apiifolium
celery-leaved lovage
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Eryngium articulatum
beethistle
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Cicuta douglasii
water-hemlock
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Tauschia hartwegii
Hartweg's tauschia
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Sanicula crassicaulis
Pacific sanicle
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Perideridia kelloggii
yampah
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Osmorhiza berteroi
wood cicely
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Heracleum maximum
cow parsnip
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Angelica californica
California angelica
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