Centuryplant vs Pipevine Swallowtail

Agave americana compared with Battus philenor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Pipevine Swallowtail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Asparagaceae	Papilionidae
Genus	Agave	Battus
Species	Agave americana	Battus philenor

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Pipevine Swallowtail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Pipevine Swallowtail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Centuryplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Costa Rica), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Pipevine Swallowtail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Centuryplant

The Centuryplant (Agave americana) is a species in the genus Agave. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Albania', 'Algeria', 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Belgium'].