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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Description:

Butterfly

Habitat:

Found in forest

Notes:

Note the beautiful bright blue specials near the wing tips

1 Species ID Suggestions

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus Papilio glaucus


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4 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

a beauty!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Precioso su color encantadora

gobospring
gobospring 12 years ago

Can you see the amazing iridescent blue spots toward the wing tips? I don't know if they come through in this phone photo.

chebeague8
chebeague8 12 years ago

Cool. Really Beautiful.

gobospring
Spotted by
gobospring

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Apr 3, 2012
Submitted on Apr 3, 2012

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