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SwallowtailButterflies

(Family Papilionidae)

Black Swallowtail Female

Male

Females are black, while the males have a strong, yellow band.

Caterpillar: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/create-butterfly-garden.shtml

Giant SwallowtailHas a yellow underneath and

two yellow stripes on top.

Caterpillar: http://www.chias.org/online/thebutterflylab/fieldguide/native.html

Female

Male

Eastern Tiger SwallowtailYellow form has yellow on top and bottom.

Caterpillar: http://www.roanokecountyva.gov/NR/rdonlyres/4C8141CE-E9FA-40AF-B011-283B9EF079DF/0/EasternTigerSwallowtailI.JPG

Pipevine Swallowtail

All images: http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/pipevineswt.html

Larva feed on plants in the pipevine family, which makes it poisonous

to birds as larva and adult.

Mimics include black swallowtail, red-spotted purples, & spicebush swallowtail

Spicebush Swallowtail

Mimics the pipevine swallowtail

Image Top Left - http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/species-data/Papilio-troilus-photo-1.jpg Other Images: http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/spicebushswt.html

Zebra Swallowtail

Top Image: http://www.biology.duke.edu/dnhs/pics/ZebraSwal.jpgSide Image: http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/48533722

Caterpillar: http://www.thebutterflysite.com/create-butterfly-garden.shtml

6 ButterfliesA - F

Identify each butterfly.

Giant Black Zebra

Pipevine Spicebush

Eastern Tiger

The answers are …Zebra

Pipevine

Giant

Black

SpicebushEastern Tiger