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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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Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis group puddling #1 - Papilio canadensis
Copyright © 2012 James N Broadbent

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis group puddling #1 - Papilio canadensis
west of McBride, in Mount Robson valley, British Columbia, Canada
June 23, 2012
group of butterflies found in a large garden along the Fraser river after the water retreated following a brief flooding, I believe them to be Canadian Tiger Swallowtails - Papilio canadensis

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Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis group puddling #1 - Papilio canadensis Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis group puddling #2 - Papilio canadensis Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis group puddling #3 - Papilio canadensis
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Contributed by James N Broadbent on 10 September, 2012 - 1:06pm
Last updated 5 October, 2012 - 9:21pm

Based on location, yes these would be Canadian Tigers
It's interesting though that some of them (second photo shows a couple well) have very reduced orange coloring below, which makes them look a lot like P. rutulus. Personally I think the two "species" blend near the international boundary, and with some individuals considerably south and north of the border looking rather like the "wrong" species. Other people thing they are totally different things.

Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 5 October, 2012 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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