ONH Insects - Swallowtail Butterflies

Swallowtail Butterflies

Papilio sp.

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1 - Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus on a rhododendron cultivar.
06/03/2016 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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2 - Western Tiger Swallowtail, on a rhododendron cultivar.
06/08/2015 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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3 - Western Tiger Swallowtail, on cultivated garden bed flower.
07/27/2021 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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4 - Western Tiger Swallowtail, on a rhododendron cultivar.
06/17/2018 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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5 - Western Tiger Swallowtail, on a rhododendron cultivar.
06/23/2018 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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6 - Western Tiger Swallowtails mudpuddling.
07/12/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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7 - Pale Tiger Swallowtail, on cultivated garden bed flower.
07/13/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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8 - Pale Tiger Swallowtail, on a rhododendron cultivar.
06/12/2016 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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9 - Pale Tiger Swallowtail, on Western Wallflower, Erysimum arenicola.
06/26/2016 Blue Mountain/Deer Park (about 5,000 feet elevation), Olympic National Park, Washington,
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10 - Pale Tiger Swallowtail underside, on cultivated garden bed flower.
07/23/2022 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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11 - Pale Tiger Swallowtail, on a rhododendron cultivar.
06/23/2018 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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12 - Pale Tiger Swallowtails, in a garden bed flower.
06/23/2018 Heart O' the Hills Area, Olympic National Park, Washington
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13 - Pale Tiger Swallowtail mudpuddling,
05/30/2007 Southeastern shore of Lake Mills before breaching of Glines Canyon Dam, Olympic National Park, Washington,
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14 - Anise Swallowtail on Spreading Phlox Phlox diffusa
06/28/2016 Hurricane Hill Area, Olympic National Park, Washington.
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15 - Anise Swallowtail on Western Wallflower
06/28/2016 Blue Mountain/Deer Park, Olympic National Park, Washington.
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16 - Anise Swallowtail in a flower field
06/14/2015 Sunrise Ridge Trail, Olympic National Park, Washington.
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17 - Anise Swallowtail on talus.
06/14/2015 Sunrise Ridge Trail, Olympic National Park, Washington.

Three species of Swallowtail Butterflies are common on the Olympic Peninsula, from the lowlands to the mile-high ridges. Another 22 Swallowtail species occur in the Pacific Northwest. The family Papilionidae includes the Swallowtails and also the American Apollo Parnassius clodius (see menu). We have seen Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, and Pale Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio eurymedon, mostly in the lowlands up to about 2,000 feet, but they also hilltop at up to 5,000 feet in the Hurricane Ridge area. In the lowlands, they often visit cultivated plants, including rhododendron cultivars. Anise Swallowtails, Papilio zelicaon, are common in the Hurricane Ridge area.

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