Where does the Old World Swallowtail live?

Papilio machaon has 519,573 records in 97 countries and territories, from 1789 to 2026. Most records come from France.

519,573 records
97 places
194 years recorded
Insecta class

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraPapilionidaePapilio

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
France	129,270
Netherlands	84,259
Switzerland	82,287
Germany	32,899
Belgium	30,050
Spain	26,428
Finland	20,416
Sweden	19,171
Austria	17,263
Italy	10,073
Israel	7,688
United Kingdom	6,678
Russia	6,249
Portugal	4,978
Poland	4,766
Norway	3,850
Greece	3,822
Serbia	3,009
Ukraine	2,649
Canada	2,281
United States	1,868
Luxembourg	1,807
Japan	1,773
Denmark	1,444
Lithuania	1,443
Hungary	1,308
Croatia	1,167
Estonia	1,063
Türkiye	893
Slovenia	883
Romania	857
South Korea	823
Czechia	785
China	559
Cyprus	517
Bulgaria	443
Montenegro	292
Jersey	285
Albania	262
Slovakia	247

Showing the top 40 of 97 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Papilionidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.