A research team has identified a new species of tiger swallowtail butterfly living in eastern parts of North America. In their study, published in the journal ZooKeys, Julian Dupuis, B. Christian ...

The giant swallowtail is the largest swallowtail butterfly in the U.S., with a wingspan ... It’s usually only found in great ...

Just as monarchs famously prefer milkweed for food and egg-laying, swallowtail butterflies also have a preferred food as ...

The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P ... shores of Lake Huron,” across the central Great Lake from Michigan. Researchers said there is no ...

Swallowtail caterpillars are green once they grow large Kerry Calloway, who helps manage the tropical butterfly house, says, 'When they are resting on top of a green leaf, they look just like bird ...

Some viewers of the photo said online that the object could be a swallowtail butterfly. “It certainly looks like the shape of a great Mormon (butterfly) turned upside down,” said Karin ...