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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.
State butterfly: eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) – English artist Mark Catesby painted the first picture of this butterfly in South Carolina in 1725. (1994) (1994) State color : indigo blue – The color indigo blue comes from the uniforms of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment , led by Colonel William Moultrie .
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) was designated as the official butterfly of the Palmetto State by Act Number 319 in 1994.
Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1999 [11] Stonefly (state macroinvertebrate) Order Plecoptera: 2005 [12] Florida: Zebra longwing (state butterfly) Heliconius charitonius: 1996 [13] Georgia: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1975 [14] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1988 ...
Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail) Papilio ornythion (ornythion swallowtail) Papilio astyalus (broad-banded swallowtail) Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail) Papilio rutulus (western tiger swallowtail) Papilio multicaudata (two-tailed swallowtail) Papilio pilumnus (three-tailed swallowtail) Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail)
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 . References
Tiger swallowtail is a common name for several species of butterfly, including: Papilio appalachiensis or Appalachian tiger swallowtail, endemic to the Appalachians; Papilio canadensis or Canadian tiger swallowtail, endemic to Canada; Papilio glaucus or Eastern tiger swallowtail, endemic to the Eastern United States
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