Description Canadian Tiger Swallowtail -- Spirit Rock Conservation Area, Wiarton, Ontario, Canada -- 2008 July
Date 13 July 2008
Author Mdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mdf
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio-canadensis-001.jpg

Papilio canadensis, the Canadian tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It was once classified as a subspecies of Papilio glaucus. This butterfly is found in most provinces and territories in Canada, as its name implies. Its range extends north of the Arctic Circle in the Yukon, and to Churchill in Manitoba, Little Shagamu River in Ontario, and to Schefferville in Quebec. Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Papilionidae.