Jeffery Starn and Jessica Hamel submitted this photo of an Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) that was taken during a hike ...

The Eastern tiger swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) and the Canadian tiger swallowtail (Pterourus canadensis), are both large, striking, yellow and black butterflies.

This is exactly what has happened with Papilio solstitius, a tiger swallowtail butterfly newly recognized as a separate species. Alongside its similarities to close cousins, this swallowtail also ...

Dr. B. Christian Schmidt from the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes contributed significantly to this work, and noted that “the Papilio glaucus group is a model study ...

The Australian swallowtail butterfly (Papilio aegeus) has one of the most complex visual systems ever discovered, with receptors that can detect wavelengths ranging from 300 nanometers (deep ...

The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because it lives in a range where neither of these species are present ...

In 2022, Baker was commissioned in Williamsburg to paint a mural on the exterior of a Food Lion. The mural, “Papilio Glaucus,” featured an Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, Virginia’s state insect.

The tiger swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio glaucus), is the larval stage of the tiger swallowtail butterfly, which is native to North America.Though there are four separate species of tiger ...

The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus), is a species of butterfly found primarily in North America. It is known for its large size, bold black and yellow striped pattern, and distinctive ...