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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Description:

Beautiful butterfly, the yellow morph female differs from the male in having a blue postmedian area on the dorsal hind wing. Females are also bigger then the males.

Habitat:

Side-yard on Butterfly Bush.

Notes:

Female 1st picture, Male 2nd picture, Female and Male 3-4th picture.

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3 Comments

staccyh
staccyh 10 years ago

Great series!

ConorSheaWing
ConorSheaWing 10 years ago

Thank you Namitha

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Beautiful series Conor.

ConorSheaWing
Spotted by
ConorSheaWing

Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jul 19, 2013
Submitted on Jul 20, 2013

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