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Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Ditrysia Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Papilionidae Genus: Eurytides Species: E. marcellus
Binomial name
Eurytides marcellus Cramer, 1777

Zebra Swallowtail range map.

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.

Description

The Zebra Swallowtail has triangular wings with long tails. It has some distinctive black and white markings on its wings and some small red and blue markings on both bottom corners of the wings.

Gallery

Zebra Swallowtail	Adult resting momentarily on a flower	Summer form Zebra Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail larva (striped form)

External links

• Butterflies & Moths of North America
• zebra swallowtail on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

v • d • e Butterflies of Michigan Spread-winged Skippers (Pyrginae) Silver-spotted Skipper • Hoary Edge • Northern Cloudywing • Southern Cloudywing • Dreamy Duskywing • Sleepy Duskywing • Juvenal's Duskywing • Horace's Duskywing • Mottled Duskywing • Wild Indigo Duskywing • Columbine Duskywing • Persius Duskywing • Grizzled Skipper • Common Checkered-Skipper • Common Sootywing Skipperlings (Heteropterinae) Arctic Skipper Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) Least Skipper • Powesheik Skipperling • European Skipper • Fiery Skipper • Common Branded Skipper • Ottoe Skipper • Leonard's Skipper • Cobweb Skipper • Indian Skipper • Peck's Skipper • Tawny-edged Skipper • Crossline Skipper • Long Dash • Northern Broken-Dash • Little Glassywing • Delaware Skipper • Hobomok Skipper • Mulberry Skipper • Broad-winged Skipper • Black Dash • Dion Skipper • Dukes' Skipper • Two-spotted Skipper • Dun Skipper • Dusted Skipper • Pepper and Salt Skipper • Common Roadside-Skipper Swallowtails (Papilioninae) Pipevine Swallowtail • Zebra Swallowtail • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail • Canadian Tiger Swallowtail • Spicebush Swallowtail • Giant Swallowtail Whites (Pierinae) Checkered White • Cabbage White • Mustard White • West Virginia White • Large Marble • Olympia Marble Sulphurs (Coliadinae) Clouded Sulphur • Orange Sulphur • Pink-edged Sulphur • Little Yellow Harvesters (Miletinae) Harvester Coppers (Lycaeninae) American Copper • Bronze Copper • Bog Copper • Purplish Copper • Dorcas Copper Hairstreaks (Theclinae) Brown Elfin • Hoary Elfin • Frosted Elfin • Henry's Elfin • Western Pine Elfin • Eastern Pine Elfin • Southern Hairstreak • Coral Hairstreak • Acadian Hairstreak • Hickory Hairstreak • Edwards' Hairstreak • Banded Hairstreak • Striped Hairstreak • Red-banded Hairstreak • Gray Hairstreak • White M Hairstreak • Early Hairstreak Blues (Polyommatinae) Eastern Tailed-Blue • Western Tailed-Blue • Spring Azure • Summer Azure • Silvery Blue • Northern Blue • Melissa Blue • Greenish Blue Metalmarks (Riodinidae) Swamp Metalmark Snouts (Libytheinae) American Snout Milkweed Butterflies (Danainae) Monarch Longwings and Fritillaries (Heliconiinae) Variegated Fritillary • Great Spangled Fritillary • Aphrodite Fritillary • Regal Fritillary • Atlantis Fritillary • Bog Fritillary • Silver-bordered Fritillary • Meadow Fritillary • Frigga Fritillary • Freija Fritillary Admirals & Relatives (Limenitidinae) Red-spotted Purple • White Admiral • 'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple • Viceroy Emperors (Apaturinae) Hackberry Emperor • Tawny Emperor Satyrs & Wood-Nymphs (Satyrinae) Northern Pearly Eye • Eyed Brown • Appalachian Brown • Mitchell's Satyr • Little Wood Satyr • Common Ringlet • Common Wood Nymph • Red-disked Alpine • Jutta Arctic • Chryxus Arctic True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae) Gorgone Checkerspot • Silvery Checkerspot • Harris' Checkerspot • Pearl Crescent • Northern Crescent • Tawny Crescent • Baltimore • Common Buckeye • Question Mark • Eastern Comma • Satyr Comma • Green Comma • Hoary Comma • Gray Comma • Milbert's Tortoiseshell • Compton Tortoiseshell • Mourning Cloak • Red Admiral • Painted Lady • American Lady

v • d • e Butterflies of Indiana Swallowtails (Papilioninae) Pipevine Swallowtail • Zebra Swallowtail • Black Swallowtail • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail • Spicebush Swallowtail • Giant Swallowtail Whites (Pierinae) Checkered White • Cabbage White • West Virginia White • Falcate Orangetip • Olympia Marble Sulphurs (Coliadinae) Clouded Sulphur • Orange Sulphur • Southern Dogface • Sleepy Orange • Dainty Sulphur • Little Yellow • Cloudless Sulphur Coppers (Lycaeninae) American Copper • Bronze Copper • Purplish Copper Harvesters (Miletinae) Harvester Hairstreaks (Theclinae) Gray Hairstreak • White M Hairstreak • Banded Hairstreak • Hickory Hairstreak • Edwards' Hairstreak • Striped Hairstreak • Oak Hairstreak • Acadian Hairstreak • Coral Hairstreak • Red-banded Hairstreak • Henry's Elfin • Frosted Elfin • Eastern Pine Elfin • Juniper Hairstreak Blues (Polyommatinae) Eastern Tailed-Blue • Spring Azure • Summer Azure • Appalachian Azure • Dusky Azure Metalmarks (Riodinidae) Northern Metalmark • Swamp Metalmark Snouts (Libytheinae) American Snout Longwings and Fritillaries (Heliconiinae) Variegated Fritillary • Great Spangled Fritillary • Aphrodite Fritillary • Meadow Fritillary • Silver-bordered Fritillary True Brushfoots (Nymphalinae) Pearl Crescent • Silvery Checkerspot • Harris' Checkerspot • Gorgone Checkerspot • Baltimore Checkerspot • Question Mark • Eastern Comma • Gray Comma • Compton Tortoiseshell • Milbert's Tortoiseshell • Mourning Cloak • Red Admiral • American Lady • Painted Lady • Common Buckeye Admirals & Relatives (Limenitidinae) Red-spotted Purple • Viceroy Leafwings (Charaxinae) Goatweed Leafwing Emperors (Apaturinae) Hackberry Emperor • Tawny Emperor Milkweed Butterflies (Danainae) Monarch Satyrs & Wood-Nymphs (Satyrinae) Little Wood Satyr • Carolina Satyr • Mitchell's Satyr • Gemmed Satyr • Common Wood Nymph • Eyed Brown • Appalachian Brown • Northern Pearly Eye • Creole Pearly-Eye Spread-winged Skippers (Pyrginae) Silver-spotted Skipper • Golden Banded-Skipper • Hoary Edge • Southern Cloudywing • Northern Cloudywing • Juvenal's Duskywing • Horace's Duskywing • Dreamy Duskywing • Sleepy Duskywing • Wild Indigo Duskywing • Columbine Duskywing • Mottled Duskywing • Common Checkered-Skipper • Hayhurst's Scallopwing • Common Sootywing Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) Fiery Skipper • Sachem • European Skipper • Least Skipper • Swarthy Skipper • Leonard's Skipper • Indian Skipper • Long Dash • Peck's Skipper • Tawny-edged Skipper • Crossline Skipper • Black Dash • Northern Broken-Dash • Little Glassywing • Dun Skipper • Hobomok Skipper • Zabulon Skipper • Mulberry Skipper • Broad-winged Skipper • Yehl Skipper • Two-spotted Skipper • Dion Skipper • Dukes' Skipper • Delaware Skipper • Byssus Skipper • Dusted Skipper • Pepper and Salt Skipper • Common Roadside-Skipper • Bell's Roadside-Skipper • Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper

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