Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Black Form Photograph by Darrell Gulin
Dark Form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Web the black form the the eastern tiger swallowtail is most common in the southern part of its range in areas also inhabited by the pipevine swallowtail, a butterfly that has an unpleasant taste. 3.12 to 5.5 inches) (pyle 1981).
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Black Form Photograph by Darrell Gulin
The innermost band lines up with the median band of the hind wing. Thanks for sending our readership such a nice comparison of the dark female tiger swallowtail and a female black swallowtail. The wing margins are black with a row of yellow spots. It may also be confused with the spicebush swallowtail and black swallowtail, but both these species have two rows of orange. Web a dark form looks similar to a pipevine swallowtail. Web pupa eastern tiger swallowtail chrysalis live.staticflickr.com the pupa or chrysalis may be white or dark brown. There is an image on bugguide that also has two tails. Web dark form black or with faint stripes; Web there are four distinct species which appear almost identical to each other: Ventral hindwing with faint darker stripes.
Web the eastern tiger swallowtail is a large species with a wingspread range of 7.9 to 14.0 cm (approx. Eastern tiger swallowtails are diurnal, and are usually solitary. The wing margins are black with a row of yellow spots. Adults are yellow with four black bands on the front wings (figures 3 and 4). Similar to the western tiger swallowtail. The further south the more frequent. The innermost band lines up with the median band of the hind wing. Web dark form black or with faint stripes; Adults are known to fly high above the ground, usually seen above the tree canopy. There is an image on bugguide that also has two tails. 3.12 to 5.5 inches) (pyle 1981).
