Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Pterourus canadensis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae

Papilio canadensis, the Canadian tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It was once classified as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus. Description Adult The wingspan of this species is 67 to 80 mm.

Distribution

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail — (c) Bex Goreham, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bex Goreham · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,412Canada · 543

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Bex Goreham, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bex Goreham · CC-BY DescriptionPapilio canadensis, Wikipedia contributors

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