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Tiger Swallowtail

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Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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Tiger Swallowtails are commonly found in deciduous woodlands and along their borders, including parks and neighborhoods, where they feed on the nectar of wild and garden flowers from Spring through Fall.

Tiger Swallowtail
The tiger swallowtail has distinctive black and yellow stripes on its wings and body. It is found in Eastern North America and Canada.
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
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Western Tiger Swallowtail
Common Name: Western Tiger Swallowtail
Scientific Name: Papilio rutulus
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionoidea - Swallowtail Butterflies
Subfamily: Papilioninae ...

Food Eastern tiger swallowtail larvae eat the leaves of a variety of woody plants including wild cherry, tulip, birch, ash, cottonwood and willow. Adults eat the nectar of flowers from a variety of plants.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae ...

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar Papilio glaucus
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One of the most familiar species is the eastern tiger swallowtail, which flies from the Georgia border south to the Big Cypress Swamp region.

A rare hybridization event between the Eastern tiger swallowtail and the Canadian tiger swallowtail gave rise to the ancestor that started the Appalachian tiger swallowtail lineage.
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Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)
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Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio helenus (Red Helen (Papilio helenus))
Papilio machaon (Swallowtail)
Papilio memnon (Great Mormon)
Papilio palinurus (Emerald swallowtail)
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See also: Tiger, Swallow, Caterpillar, Zebra, Moth

Animals Tiger SharkTilapia

 
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