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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Description:

Above: bright yellow with broad black stripes; females are dimorphic, some similar to the males and others are black with extensive blue scaling on the hind wings (photos 3 & 4; notice that you can see the tiger stripes on the third photo). Below: similar to the top side, mainly yellow background with bold black stripes; dark females have a shadow of the tiger pattern evident, at least in fresh individuals.

Habitat:

Wetland bordered by deciduous forest

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8 Comments

lhankin
lhankin 9 years ago

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Nature Nerd
Nature Nerd 9 years ago

That’s great if you’d like to use my picture of the tiger swallowtail. Just let me know if you need any more information.

lhankin
lhankin 9 years ago

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Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar 9 years ago

Gorgeous Capture!

kristenharrott
kristenharrott 9 years ago

Beautiful!

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Nice spotting, Nature Nerd!

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 9 years ago

Fantastic closeups!!! What a beautiful butterfly. Thank you for sharing :)

Stephanie R.
Stephanie R. 9 years ago

Beautiful photographs!

Nature Nerd
Spotted by
Nature Nerd

Wisconsin, USA

Spotted on Aug 10, 2014
Submitted on Aug 11, 2014

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