tiger swallowtail
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Noun
tiger swallowtail (plural tiger swallowtails)
- Any of a group of North American butterfly species in the genus Papilio that typically have a distinctive pattern of black stripes on yellow wings reminiscent of tiger fur.
Hyponyms
- Mexican tiger swallowtail, Papilio alexiares
- Appalachian tiger swallowtail, Papilio appalachiensis
- Canadian tiger swallowtail, Papilio canadensis
- Esperanza swallowtail, Papilio esperanza
- pallid tiger swallowtail, Papilio eurymedon
- eastern tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus
- two-tailed swallowtail, Papilio multicaudata
- three-tailed tiger swallowtail, Papilio pilumnus
- western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus