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Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

pa-PILL-ee-oh GLOR-cuss

Checklist Number
56.0031

Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

pa-PILL-ee-oh GLOR-cuss

Checklist Number
56.0031


A single specimen was captured by a boy at Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland in late September (or early October) 1932 and is believed to have been accidentally imported from North America.

This species was first defined in Linnaeus (1758) as shown here (type locality: America).