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Description
This is a female Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucas) is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black striped markings on its wings and body (some females are brown or black, mimicking the poisonous pipevine swallowtail). This relatively common butterfly has a wingspan of 3.5-6.5 inches (9-16.5 cm). Southern subspecies are larger than the northern ones.
These butterflies are called swallowtails because they have long "tails" on their hindwings which look a bit like the long, pointed tails of swallows (a type of bird). The large amount of metallic blue present on the back of this butterflies wings is a super indication that this is a female. Males have little to NO blue at all on their wings, where it is mostly black instead.

One of the food plants of the cat is the Tupip Poplar, or more commonly called, the Tulip Tree.

Description
This is a female Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucas) is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black striped markings on its wings and body (some females are brown or black, mimicking the poisonous pipevine swallowtail). This relatively common butterfly has a wingspan of 3.5-6.5 inches (9-16.5 cm). Southern subspecies are larger than the northern ones.
These butterflies are called swallowtails because they have long "tails" on their hindwings which look a bit like the long, pointed tails of swallows (a type of bird). The large amount of metallic blue present on the back of this butterflies wings is a super indication that this is a female. Males have little to NO blue at all on their wings, where it is mostly black instead.

One of the food plants of the cat is the Tupip Poplar, or more commonly called, the Tulip Tree.