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Western Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio rutulus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Papilio rutulus, the western tiger swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the Papilionidae family. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. Like the other tiger swallowtails, the western tiger swallowtail was formerly classified in genus Pterourus, but modern classifications all agree in placing them within Papilio.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 11,157Canada · 3,128Mexico · 14