How does a butterfly die?
Males will die 6-8 weeks after using up all their sperm mating with a succession of females. Similarly the female will die after she has laid all her eggs.

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Species of Swallowtails
King swallowtailCommon mormonSpangleAnise swallowtailSpicebush swallowtailOrchard swallowtailWestern Giant SwallowtailOld World swallowtailWestern tiger swallowtailPalamedes swallowtailRed helenYellow helenPink-spotted swallowtailPale swallowtailCitrus swallowtailParis peacockBlue mormonChinese peacockTwo-tailed swallowtailBlack SwallowtailEastern tiger swallowtailCanadian tiger swallowtailGiant swallowtailLime swallowtailAsian swallowtailMagnificent swallowtailGreat mormonScarlet mormon swallowtailMalabar banded peacock swallowtailAfrican swallowtailFormosan swallowtailMalabar raven butterflyGreen-banded swallowtailBlue swallowtailBroad-banded swallowtailThree-tailed tiger swallowtailGreat Blue MimePapilio deiphobusMalabar banded swallowtailGreen banded swallowtailOrnythion swallowtailTorquatus swallowtailPapilio bianor
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Family
Swallowtail butterflies

Genus
Swallowtails

Species
Citrus swallowtail (Papilio demodocus)