Butterfly Common Name
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Family
Papilionidae - Swallowtails
Subfamily
Papilioninae - Swallowtails
Habitat
- Meadows
- Parks
- Suburbs
- Woodland Edges
- Deciduous forest
- Forest Edges
- River Courses
- Streamsides
Larval Host
Acer sp., Alnus sp., Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa, Alnus alnobetula subsp. fruticosa, Alnus crispa (= Alnus alnobetula subsp. crispa), Alnus incana, Alnus incana subsp. rugosa, Alnus rubra, Amelanchier canadensis, Betula sp., Betula alba (=B. pendula or B. pubescens), Betula lenta, Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, Carpinus caroliniana, Carya sp., Catalpa bignonioides, Cerasus vulgaris, Cinnamomum camphora, Cirsium sp., Corylus americana, Crataegus sp., Cydonia oblonga, Fraxinus sp., Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Laurus sp., Lindera benzoin, Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnolia acuminata, Magnolia virginiana, Malus sp., Malus pumila, Persea americana, Platanus racemosa, Populus sp., Populus angustifolia, Populus balsamifera, Populus deltoides, Populus grandidentata, Populus tremuloides, Populus trichocarpa (= Populus tristis), Populus tristis, Prunus sp., Prunus americana, Prunus caroliniana, Prunus cerasus (= Cerasus vulgaris), Prunus × domestica, Prunus emarginata(=P. nigra), Prunus ilicifolia, Prunus nigra, Prunus pensylvanica, Prunus persica, Prunus serotina, Prunus virginiana, Ptelea sp., Ptelea trifoliata, Quercus chrysolepis, Salix sp., Salix babylonica, Salix exigua, Salix lasiolepis, Salix scouleriana, Sassafras albidum, Sorbus sp., Sorbus americana, Syringa sp., Syringa vulgaris, Tilia americana, Ulmus sp., Zanthoxylum americanum
Nectar Host
Asclepias sp., Echinacea purpurea, Eupatorium quaternum, Monarda fistulosa, Platanthera blephariglottis, Platanthera ciliaris, Platanthera grandiflora, Platanthera integrilabia, Platanthera peramoena, Platanthera psycodes, Syringa sp., Syringa vulgaris
State and Region Designation
- AL
- Central Atlantic Region
- CT
- DE
- Deep South Region
- GA
- NC
- SC
- South Atlantic Region
- VA
- NE
Range
- CA
- Canada: British Columbia
- Canada: Labrador
- Canada: Northern
- USA: Western
Plains
- TX
- USA: Eastern
- USA: Gulf Coast
- USA: Northeast
- WI
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