The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

The Eastern tiger swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) and the Canadian tiger swallowtail (Pterourus canadensis), are both large, striking, yellow and black butterflies.

A: Missouri is host to several swallowtail butterfly species including the spicebush swallowtail, Eastern tiger swallowtail and the pipevine swallowtail.

What Do Swallowtail Caterpillars Eat? The world is full of all sorts of swallowtail butterfly species. That means when the time is right, plenty of swallowtail caterpillars are searching for food.

A Michigan House bill aims to designate the black swallowtail butterfly as the official state butterfly, highlighting its prevalence and beauty.

Georgia’s state butterfly, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, not only placed it on the menu but seemed to put on a special artistic flight performance going from cluster to cluster.

The Virgin Islands swallowtail butterfly Battus polydamas thyamus has no ‘tails’ on its wings. (Source photo Gail Karlsson) Battus polydamas butterflies are fairly common in the Caribbean. However, ...

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As for Georgia, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail became its state butterfly the same year as Alabama — 1989.

The Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus), for example, is listed as an endangered species in the U.S.. The Eastern tiger swallowtail’s (Papilio glaucus) conservation status ...