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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Fluted Swallowtails (Papilionini) » Papilio » Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4183.2 (Papilio canadensis)
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Swallowtails.... How do you tell the difference?? - Papilio canadensis - female
Copyright © 2007 Sandy Mallet

Swallowtails.... How do you tell the difference?? - Papilio canadensis - Female
Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
June 18, 2007
Size: About 3 inches?
They just don't look exactly the same!
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Contributed by Sandy Mallet on 26 June, 2007 - 5:04pm
Last updated 12 November, 2008 - 2:24am

Moved
Moved from Papilio.
… Tom Bentley, 27 September, 2007 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

This is Ptourus canadensis -
This is Ptourus canadensis - the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
… Gary Anweiler, 26 June, 2007 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
How can you tell, if you don't mind me asking?
… Sandy Mallet, 27 June, 2007 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

 
I've asked that question, too!
So, I started looking again. This is from a link that was posted on a tiger swallowtail page.

Maybe this will help.
http://www.nearctica.com/butter/plates/papilio1.htm (if that's true)
… Kristin, 27 June, 2007 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
Canadian and Eastern are a bi
Canadian and Eastern are a bit hard to tell apart sometimes. Need a number of characteristics, top and under wing shots if possible. Location helps, as far as I understand it the farther north the more likely to be Canadian? Ottawa north would be mostly Canadians but down here in Hamilton we have mostly Easterns. (from what I've been told). Size is good to know, Easterns are much biger than Canadian Swallowtails.
… Brenda Van Ryswyk, 27 June, 2007 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the Link!
Helpful Link...but now there are even more Tiger Swallowtails than I had realized! LOL
… Sandy Mallet, 27 June, 2007 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
Next time,
tell the butterfly to pose appropriately so you can see the whole wings, top and bottom. ;)

I'm satisfied I actually answered my own question, though. All the swallowtails I've seen fly away too quickly. Maybe next time I'll get to test out my new knowledge.
… Kristin, 27 June, 2007 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
If only they'd listen!
My very amateurish pictures might actually start looking pro if they actually posed! lol
… Sandy Mallet, 30 June, 2007 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

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