Monarchs have migrated north for the summer, but you can attract these butterflies to your garden with the right plants and ...

It’s a diverse family, with more than 500 swallowtail butterfly species fluttering over six continents. Most are tropical, but about 25 kinds are found regularly in the United States and Canada.

The California pipevine swallowtail, native to San Francisco, saw its population decline drastically over the years. But Tim Wong, also known as the "butterfly whisperer," has led the effort to ...

With the Chinese Year of the Tiger beginning Sunday, let's look at a tiger of the insect world: the tiger swallowtail butterfly. It's a butterfly of amazing camouflage. Like the feline black and ...

Jean Bradbury lives in northeast Seattle. She’s an artist, and she loves swallowtail butterflies. “These guys are big—like we think of a monarch, maybe—big like the palm of your hand ...

But the one creature I’ll bet no human has ever, ever envied is the Japanese swallowtail butterfly. Okay, it has pretty wings, but it also has eyes in its butt. Pass.

There are more than 175 butterfly species in our state. Here are some in the swallowtail family (outside of the Eastern Tiger) you’re most likely to encounter: Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) ...

An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, South Carolina’s state butterfly, takes off from a wildflower. PHIL COALE AP Females for this species can be identified in two different forms.

The black swallowtail deserves to be chosen as state butterfly because it is “a full-time Michigan resident,” Meyer said— it’s the only species that can be found year-round and throughout ...

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is not only South Carolina’s state butterfly but is also the same for North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia.