San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Butterfly Guide 🦋

Color: Upper surface of hindwing iridescent blue or blue-green. Underside of hindwing with submarginal row of 7 round orange spots in iridescent blue field.
Wingspan: 2 3/4 - 5 inches (7 - 13 cm)
Host plants: Pipevines (Aristolochia species), including Aristolochia californica, A. serpentaria and others.
Overwintering stage: chrysalis
Mate-Location system: patrolling
Flight: late spring in the East and California; late summer and fall in South and Southwest

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Color:Forewing with diagonal band of yellow spots. Tails are edged with black and filled with yellow.
Wingspan: 4 - 6 1/4 inches (10.2 - 16 cm).
Host plants: Trees and herbs of the citrus family (Rutaceae) including Citrus species, prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), hop tree (Ptelea trifoliata), and Common Rue (Ruta graveolens).
Adult food: Nectar from lantana, azalea, bougainvilla, bouncing Bet, dame's rocket, goldenrod, Japanese honeysuckle, and swamp milkweed.
Overwintering stage:
Mate-Location system:
Flight: Two in the north from May-September; all year in Florida and the Deep South.

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Color: Upper surface of male forewing with narrow black stripes. Each hindwing has 2 tails.
Wingspan: 3 1/2 - 5 inches (9 - 12.7 cm)
Host plants: Leaves of ash (Fraxinus), hop tree (Ptelea), and chokecherry (Prunus).
Adult food: Nectar from thistles, milkweeds, California buckeye, lilac, and many others.
Overwintering stage: chrysalis
Mate-Location system: patrolling
Flight: May - mid-August in the North; most of the year in the South

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Color: Male is yellow with dark tiger stripes. Female has 2 forms: one yellow like the male and the other black with shadows of dark stripes. Hindwing of both female forms has a row of striking blue chevrons and an iridescent blue wash over parts of the interior hindwing. The upperside hindwing has a prominent orange marginal spot that is generally larger than the row of pale marginal spots. On the underside of forewing of spring individuals the row of marginal spots may be merged into a continuous band, thus appearing similar to the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail.
Wingspan: 2 1/2 - 4 1/2 inches (6.2 - 11.4 cm)
Host plants: Leaves of various plants including wild cherry (Prunus), sweetbay (Magnolia), basswood (Tilia), tulip tree (Liriodendron), birch (Betula), ash (Fraxinus), cottonwood (Populus), mountain ash (Sorbus), and willow (Salix).
Adult food: Nectar of flowers from a variety of plants including wild cherry and lilac (Syringa vulgaris). Milkweed (Asclepias) and Joe-Pye Weed [Eupatorium] are favorites in summer.
Overwintering stage: chrysalis
Mate-Location system: patrolling
Flight: May-September in north; February-November in Deep South

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Color: Upper surface of wings mostly black; on inner edge of hindwing is a black spot centered in larger orange spot. Male has yellow band near edge of wings; female has row of yellow spots. Female hindwing with iridescent blue band. In the Southwest, yellow forms predominate in the subspecies P. coloro.
Wingspan: 3 1/4 - 4 1/4 inches (8 - 11 cm)
Host plants: Leaves of plants in the parsley family (Apiaceae) including Queen Anne's Lace, carrot, celery and dill. Sometimes plants in the citrus family (Rutaceae).
Adult food: Nectar from flowers including red clover, milkweed, and thistles.
Overwintering stage: chrysalis
Mate-Location system: perching and patrolling
Flight: 1-2 flights from April-October in northern regions of range; 3 flights in southern regions.

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