Eastern Swallowtail Butterfly

Welcome!  This website is dedicated to the Papilio glaucus or Eastern Swallowtail Butterfly.  The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is one of the most familiar butterflies in the American Midwest.  You can usually identify it by its large size (wingspan= 2.5 - 4.5 inches) and "tiger" stripes on the wings.
Feel free to browse the site for all sorts of  information regarding the Papilio glaucus from classification to its habitat!

Male Papilio glaucus

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This site is also a part of the MultipleOrganisms.net project.