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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
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  6. Swallowtail and Birdwing Butterflies
  7. Common Swallowtails
  8. Tiger Swallowtails and Allies
  9. Western Tiger Swallowtail

species 35,768 observations

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio rutulus

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

747 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Quaking Aspen, Scouler's Willow, Arroyo Willow, Narrowleaf Cottonwood 107
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits California Buckeye, Showy Milkweed, Narrowleaf Milkweed, Western Wallflower 640

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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