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Western Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio rutulus

Description:

Butterfly black & yellow

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Western Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio rutulus Papilio rutulus


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4 Comments

Yolotzin
Yolotzin 10 years ago

Thanks! It is a western swallowtail!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

it is western tiger because their is hardly any blue near the tail. We have eastern tigers here in PA during summer, and they have a decent-sized patch of blue at the base near the tail, which the western lacks.

SheaEckert
SheaEckert 10 years ago

Tiger swallowtail?

Search Swallowtails to find which one it is.

Yolotzin
Spotted by
Yolotzin

El Paso City Limits, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jun 14, 2013
Submitted on Feb 18, 2014

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