Presentation created by Tracy Trimpe

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SwallowtailButterflies(Family Papilionidae)

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Images from http//www.bfly.org/galleries.html
unless otherwise noted.
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Black Swallowtail
Female
Females are black, while the males have a strong,
yellow band.
Male
Caterpillar http//www.thebutterflysite.com/creat
e-butterfly-garden.shtml
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Giant Swallowtail
Has a yellow underneath and two yellow stripes on
top.
Caterpillar http//www.chias.org/online/thebutter
flylab/fieldguide/native.html
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Yellow form has yellow on top and bottom.
Male
Female
Caterpillar http//www.roanokecountyva.gov/NR/rdo
nlyres/4C8141CE-E9FA-40AF-B011-283B9EF079DF/0/East
ernTigerSwallowtailI.JPG
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Pipevine Swallowtail
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
All images http//www.carolinanature.com/butterfl
ies/pipevineswt.html
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Spicebush Swallowtail
Mimics the pipevine swallowtail
Image Top Left - http//www.naba.org/chapters/naba
mbc/species-data/Papilio-troilus-photo-1.jpg
Other Images http//www.carolinanature.com/butte
rflies/spicebushswt.html
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Zebra Swallowtail
Top Image http//www.biology.duke.edu/dnhs/pics/Z
ebraSwal.jpgSide Image http//www.pbase.com/doug
smit/image/48533722Caterpillar
http//www.thebutterflysite.com/create-butterfly-g
arden.shtml
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Quiz Time
6 ButterfliesA - F
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Identify each butterfly.
B
A
C
Giant Black Zebra
Pipevine SpicebushEastern Tiger
D
F
E
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The answers are
Zebra
Giant
B
A
C
Black
Spicebush
Eastern Tiger
Pipevine
D
F
E