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Samoan swallowtail, host plant and habitat, specimens, 2013-2014

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-07-08T00:00:00Z
Surveys for immature life stages of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly (Papilio godeffroyi) were conducted on 117 individually marked host trees (Micromelum minutum) in eight forest stands on Tutuila Island, American Samoa, at approximately monthly intervals during 2013-2014. The eight stands were mostly in or adjacent to the National Park of American Samoa (NPSA), but one stand was sampled near the western tip of Tutuila, outside NPSA.The dataset contains information on the Papilio specimens that were collected during these surveys.This dataset includes all 1543 specimens from the original data release, plus 2 additional specimens. First posted - October 26, 2022 (available from author) Revised - July 2024 (version 2.0).

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