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Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio canadensis butterfly / moth

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
(c) Bex Goreham, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bex Goreham

Large yellow-and-black swallowtail. Caterpillars feed on aspen, birch, willow, and chokecherry.

36 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

no rights reserved, uploaded by Alan Weakley · cc0Boreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-August(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–June(c) Nick Block, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick BlockEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensiswildflower · May-JuneGlacier LilyErythronium grandiflorumwildflower · Apr-JunHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-July(c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY)Mountain Death Camas (White Camas)Anticlea eleganswildflower · Jun-AugNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-Sep(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanNorthern BedstrawGalium borealewildflower · June–August(c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Carrie SeltzerNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-Jul(c) Tom Norton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tom NortonPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPink CorydalisCapnoides sempervirenswildflower · June-AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-August(c) Alan Rockefeller, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alan RockefellerRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-July(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–August(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–August(c) Ryan Hodnett, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)SilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · June(c) aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnarSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–August(c) gwt2102, some rights reserved (CC BY)Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–Augustno rights reserved, uploaded by Kallum McDonald · cc0Sticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyWestern Wood LilyLilium philadelphicumwildflower · June–July(c) tzeducation, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by tzeducationWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–August(c) Pohled 111, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)Wild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–July(c) Ole Husby, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)Wild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–July(c) Andrea Romero, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrea RomeroWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–July(c) aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnarYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–July

lays eggs on

Bebb's WillowSalix bebbianatree · April–May(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–June(c) Dustin Snider, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dustin SniderDwarf BirchBetula glandulosashrub · May-Junno rights reserved, uploaded by Dezene Huber · cc0Paper BirchBetula papyriferatree · April–May(c) Tom Norton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tom NortonPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · May(c) bobkennedy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by bobkennedyPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–April(c) Harvey Barrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)Sandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-May(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas GoldmanTrembling AspenPopulus tremuloidestree · April(c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY)Water BirchBetula occidentalistree · April–Mayno rights reserved, uploaded by Kate Manning · cc0Western Mountain AshSorbus scopulinashrub · June–July