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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 » Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4183.3 (Papilio appalachiensis)
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Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio appalachiensis - male
Copyright © 2006 Will Cook

Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio appalachiensis - Male
Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
May 13, 2005
Appalachian Tiger (center) at puddle party with Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (front). Notice the incredible size difference and the pale blue submarginal band, much broader than that of an Eastern.
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Contributed by Will Cook on 21 September, 2006 - 6:51pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 1:25pm

Species
There are not just Appalachian Tiger Swallowtails in that group there are also duskywings of some sort, as well as another species of dark swallowtails. The darkest are probably pipevine swallowtails. Also, if you look in the front of the group there is a swallowtail that looks like a tiger swallowtail but is much smaller then the butterfly behind it. What do you think that is?
… sbsphire, 24 December, 2009 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

just an observation
Even though the middle and front individuals do indeed look quite different, I have to say that they really BOTH look like P. appalachiensis to me. Neither one looks like P. glaucus. Small individuals are not unusual in any of the Papilio species.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Interesting & Impressive
I thought the Giant Swallowtail was the largest, but your Appalachian Tiger seems even bigger. Quite a party!
… Ron Hemberger, 21 September, 2006 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool
Also some Pipevine Swallowtails and Juvenal's/Horace's Duskywings.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 21 September, 2006 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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