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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 » Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4176 (Papilio glaucus)

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Copyright © 2020 Ebenezer Baldwin Bowles

Swallowtail Needs ID - Papilio glaucus

rural NE Ark, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
July 17, 2017

the white in the wings throws me off. Some kind of swallowtail?

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Contributed by Ebenezer Baldwin Bowles on 23 July, 2020 - 11:51am
Last updated 23 July, 2020 - 7:59pm

female

Moved from ID Request.

… Cliff Ivy, 23 July, 2020 - 7:59pm

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Pretty sure that's an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). The yellow can be quite pale on some of them. If it were a Zebra Swallowtail the light area would be more greenish-white, and the dark stripes larger and bolder.

… Howard Kistler, 23 July, 2020 - 12:10pm

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Really! That's amazing. BTW

Really! That's amazing. BTW, I searched Wild RVA before posting here. Seems like the Swallowtails have quite a few variations. This specimen is especially comely.

… Ebenezer Baldwin Bowles, 23 July, 2020 - 12:25pm

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They do

There are dark variants of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail that I've long confused for Spicebush Swallowtails. They vary quite a lot, these butterflies.

… Howard Kistler, 23 July, 2020 - 12:37pm

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BTW, in research I did yester

BTW, in research I did yesterday, entomologists posit that the brighter butterflies are male and the darker female. Have you heard that?

… Ebenezer Baldwin Bowles, 23 July, 2020 - 12:49pm

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I have

I heard the same quite recently from a reliable source, so it sounds likely. Would explain why I have a lot of the dark ones here alongside the "classic" tiger-striped ones.

I also live near one of their partner plants, the Flame Azalea. Pretty interesting how those use the Tiger to reproduce.

… Howard Kistler, 23 July, 2020 - 12:53pm

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Once again, thanks mucho for

Once again, thanks mucho for your assistance.

… Ebenezer Baldwin Bowles, 23 July, 2020 - 12:48pm

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