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The adult Oregon swallowtail has a yellow abdomen with black lines. It has a wingspan of 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) to 4 inches (10 cm). Its wings have concave spots that are scalloped inwards with a reddish-orange eyespot along the lower border, similar to, but smaller than, the eyespot of the common Old World swallowtail.
The Oregon swallowtail is the state insect of Oregon. The eastern tiger swallowtail is the state insect of Virginia and the state butterfly of Georgia, Delaware, and South Carolina. The black swallowtail is the state butterfly of Oklahoma.
Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 2012 [43] North Dakota: Convergent lady beetle: Hippodamia convergens: 2011 [44] Ohio: Ladybug: Family Coccinellidae: 1975 [45] Oklahoma: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1992 [46] Black swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio polyxenes: 1996 [46] Oregon: Oregon ...
U.S. postage stamp featuring the Oregon swallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon oregonius. This is a list of butterflies found in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] [2]
Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species was the first to be given the name).
Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes, chrysalis Swallowtails are the largest butterflies.They range in size from 2.5–6.4 inches (6.5–16.5 cm). There are about 600 species worldwide with about 31 species in North America.
Oregon's unofficial nickname is "The Beaver State". [10] [43] Unofficial slogans for Oregon include "things look different here" and "Oregon, We Love Dreamers", the latter of which alludes to the "basic sense of idealism" of the state's culture. [44] In the 1950s and 60s, Oregon license plates featured the unofficial motto, "Pacific Wonderland ...
Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, [ 3 ] ranging north to southern Ontario , Canada, [ 4 ] and is common in many different habitats.