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Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail
	Male Holotype
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Arthropoda;
Class:	Insecta;
Order:	Lepidoptera;
Family:	Papilionidae;
Genus:	Papilio;
Species:	P. appalachiensis;
Binomial name
	Papilio appalachiensis; (Pavulaan & D. Wright, 2002)

As the name implies the Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio appalachiensis) only flies in the range of the Appalachian Mountains. It can be viewed only in the spring.^[1] It has one brood a year in the spring. The spring brood is much larger than the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in which is shares much of its range.^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus Papilio appalachiensis)". North Carolina Butterflies. 2005. http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/appalachiantiger.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ "Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio appalachiensis)". 2005. http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies/appalachiantigerswallowtail.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

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[0] "Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus Papilio appalachiensis)". North Carolina Butterflies. 2005. http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/appalachiantiger.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[1] "Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio appalachiensis)". 2005. http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterflies/appalachiantigerswallowtail.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

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