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Eurytides marcellus, the zebra swallowtail (formerly listed under genera Protographium, Iphiclides, Graphium and Papilio by some authorities), is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. It is the state butterfly of Tennessee.
Swallowtail butterfly. Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera. [1]
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 ...
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A very rare and endangered type of butterfly called Schaus’ swallowtail lives only in far South Florida, where its survival is linked to an unexpected weather twist. Scientists looking at 35 ...
Great zebra Male in Adalbert ... Graphium xenocles, the great zebra, is a swallowtail butterfly found in Southeast Asia which is common and not threatened. [1] Subspecies
Graphium is a genus of mostly tropical swallowtail butterflies commonly known as swordtails, kite swallowtails, or ladies.Native to Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania, the genus is represented by over 100 species.
Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, [4] is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. An extremely similar-appearing species, Papilio joanae , occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to Papilio machaon , rather than P. polyxenes .