Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Description 3 1/8-5 1/2" (79-140 mm). Males and some females above and below are yellow with black tiger-stripes across wings and black borders spotted with yellow. Long, black tail on each HW. HW above and below usually has row of blue patches inside margin, with orange spot above and sometimes much orange below, running through yellow. Dark form females are black above with border-spotting of yellow, blue, and orange (blue sometimes becomes cloud on HW), below brown-black with shadowy "tiger" pattern. Yellow spots along outer edge of FW below are separate in all but northernmost populations. Most have orange uppermost spot on outer margin of HW above and below and orange spot on trailing edge.
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