Learn everything you need to know about tiger swallowtail butterflies. It’s hard to imagine that anyone would object to having these amazing butterflies around, but in some areas, that’s ...

The Appalachian tiger swallowtail butterfly is a rare breed: Some 100,000 years ago, two different species mated and their hybrid offspring gave rise to the Appalachian species, researchers have ...

North Carolina’s state butterfly is hard to miss — and also easy to attract to backyards by planting a variety of native plants. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) can be bright ...

The center says that these butterflies get their name from the caterpillars which eat plants, such as cabbages. An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in a garden of wildflowers. (Getty Images ...