Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
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| Eurytides marcellus Cramer, 1777 |
The Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly (Eurytides marcellus, other authorities list the species under genera in the family including Iphiclides, Graphium and Papilio) is a swallowtail butterfly found in the eastern United States, north-east Mexico and south-east Canada. Its distinctive black and white-striped pattern is reminiscent of a zebra. Asimina triloba (the common pawpaw tree) is the only larval host of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly.
The Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly is also the official state butterfly of Tennessee.
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