Picture taken June 6, 2007
| Kingdom | Animalia | (Animals) |
| Phylum | Arthropoda | (Arthropods) |
| Superclass | Hexapoda | (Hexapods) |
| Class | Insecta | (Insects) |
| Subclass | Pterygota | (Winged Insects) |
| Order | Lepidoptera | (Butterflies and Moths) |
| Superfamily | Papilionoidea | (Butterflies) |
| Family | Papilionidae | (Swallowtails) |
| Subfamily | Papilioninae | |
| Genus | Papilio | |
| Species | glaucus | (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) |
Picture taken June 20, 2007
Wing span: 3 5/8 - 6 1/2 inches (9.2 - 16.5 cm).
Caterpillar hosts: Leaves of various plants including wild cherry (Prunus), sweetbay (Magnolia), basswood (Tilia), tulip tree (Liriodendron), birch (Betula), ash (Fraxinus), cottonwood (Populus), mountain ash (Sorbus), and willow (Salix).
Females lay eggs singly on host leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves and rest on silken mats in shelters of curled leaves. Chrysalids overwinter.
Habitat: Deciduous broadleaf woods, forest edges, river valleys, parks, and suburbs.