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Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies have dark tiger stripes.

Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtails have a row of blue chevrons on its hindwing.

Its wingspan is 2 to 4 inches.

Tiger Swallowtails live in woods, forest edges, river valleys and parks.

They can be found in Colorado, Texas and the Eastern United States.

Host Plants: wild cherry, sweetbay, basswood, tulip tree, birch, ash, cottonwood, willow

Nectar Plants: wild cherry, lilac, mildweed

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