eastern tiger swallowtail
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mimicry
- In lepidopteran: Protection against danger
In North America the tiger swallowtail (P. glaucus) has mostly black females wherever it coexists with the distasteful pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor), which is also black. However, where B. philenor does not occur, P. glaucus females tend to be all nonmimetic yellow forms like the males because, without the…
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parasitism
- In community ecology: Specialization in parasites
Among the tiger swallowtail group, various members have become specialized to different plant hosts. The eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) has a long list of recorded hosts, but it is now known that the northern and southern populations are adapted to different plant species, and these populations…
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tiger swallowtails
- In tiger swallowtail
The eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is a large, widely distributed species. The yellow male has black margins and black stripes on the wings. The female is similarly marked in the north, where the black and distasteful pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) does not occur; in the…
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