Black Swallowtail Chrysalis
Papilio polyxenes (pupa)
The black swallowtail chrysalis is attached by silk to stems, fences, or other sheltered supports near its caterpillar's host plants. It does not feed or travel while its body reorganizes into the adult butterfly. The pupa may be green in summer or brown before overwintering, helping it blend with surrounding vegetation or dry stems.
- Type
- Shell
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
- Black Swallowtail Chrysalis
- Black Swallowtail