Animal
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
A large yellow-and-black butterfly — wingspan up to 5.5 inches — found across eastern North America. The state butterfly of several mid-Atlantic and southern states. Common across Staten Island in summer; caterpillars feed on tulip tree (*Liriodendron tulipifera*), wild cherry, sweetbay magnolia, and other native trees. One of the most-recognizable native butterflies in the borough.
Scientific
Papilio glaucus is a large butterfly with a 3.5–5.5 inch wingspan. Sexually dimorphic in the southern part of the range — northern females usually have the same yellow ground color as males, while southern females are often dark-morph (mimicking the toxic pipevine swallowtail). Larvae feed on a wide range of broadleaf trees: [[tulip-tree|tulip tree]], wild cherry, [[sweetbay-magnolia|sweetbay magnolia]], sassafras, ash, birch.
Multiple broods per year in much of the range; northeastern populations typically two broods. Adults nectar on a wide range of flowers.
On Staten Island
Common from May through October in SI’s parks, yards, and meadow habitats. Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) — among the borough’s most-common native canopy trees — are a principal larval host. The Greenbelt’s mixed deciduous forest is core habitat.
See also
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- Counterpart to: [[monarch-butterfly]]
- Member of: [[animal]]
- Contained by: [[staten-island]]
Sources
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Lepidopterists’ Society species accounts
- [[beacon-ny|New York]] State butterfly-survey records
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Scientific
substrate of
- Black cherry black cherry is one of the principal larval host plants for tiger swallowtails
- Sassafras tiger swallowtails use sassafras as one of their larval host plants
- Sweetbay magnolia sweetbay magnolia is a known larval host plant for tiger swallowtail butterflies
- Tulip tree tulip tree is a principal larval host for the eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
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