Papilio glaucus
Common name: Eastern Tiger Swalowtail
Feeds on these plants:
Abelia x grandiflora ‘Confetti’
Abelia x grandiflora ‘Edward Goucher’
Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’
Abelia x grandiflora ‘Sherwoodii’
Abelia x grandiflora ‘Sunrise’
Agastache pallida var. pallida
Allium ampeloprasum
(sold as elephant garlic)
Allium cepa ‘Pickling Onion’
(sold as Barletta)
Allium cepa ‘Red Onions’
(sold as Sweet Spanish Red, Southport red globe, Granex Red, red hamburger)
Allium cepa ‘Shallot’
(sold as Ambition, Armador, Cuisse de Poulet echalion, Matador)
Allium sativum
(sold as California Early, California Late)
Allium schoenoprasum
(sold as Corsican, Grolau Forcing Chives, Polyvit, Prager, Staro)
Allium tuberosum
(sold as Kobold a couper, mauve flowering form)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)
Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’
Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)
Buddleja weyeriana 'honeycomb'
Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’
Cercis canadensis ‘Lavender Twist’
Cercis canadensis
(sold as Avondale)
Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)
Coreopsis grandiflora hogg ex sweet
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunray’
Coreopsis lanceolata
(sold as Tequila Sunrise)
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’
Coreopsis
(sold as Limerock Passion)
Cosmos
(sold as Cosmic yellow)
Dianthus caryophyllus
(sold as Cinnamon Red Hots)
Dianthus hybrid
(sold as Spangled Star)
Dianthus
(sold as Raspberrry Parfait)
Dianthus
(sold as Telstar Crimson)
Dianthus
(sold as Telstar Purple)
Dianthus
(sold as x Raspberry Swirl)
Helianthus annuus
(sold as Junior Yellow)
Helianthus annuus
(sold as Paquito Mix)
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
Hydrangea macrophylla ssp. serrata
Hydrangea macrophylla ssp. serrata ‘Bluebird’
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Domotoi’
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mariesii Variegata’
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Soraya’
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Sunset’
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Teller Pink’
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Teller Red’
Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Bailmer)
Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Compact Pink)
Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Monred)
Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Monred, Manred)
Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Pink Lacecap)
Hydrangea macrophylla
(sold as Stella)
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Flemygea’
Impatiens schlechteri ‘New Guinea’
Impatiens
(sold as La Vida Rosa)
Impatiens
(sold as x hybrida Painted Paradise)
Ipomoea purpurea
(sold as Tickle Me Pink)
Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’
Lobelia erinus
(sold as Blue Splash)
Lobelia hybrid ‘Compliment Deep Red’
Lobelia hybrid
(sold as Laguna Pink)
Lobelia x speciosa
(sold as Fan Deep Red)
Lobularia maritima
(sold as Easter Bonnet Mix)
Lonicera tatarica ‘Arnold Red’
Lonicera x brownii ‘Dropmore Scarlet’
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus
Lupinus polyphyllus ‘Gallery Mix’
Nepeta racemosa ssp. racemosa ‘Blue Wonder’
Nepeta racemosa ‘Walker's Low’
Nepeta x faassenii
(sold as Blue Ice)
Nepeta x faassenii
(sold as Dropmore)
Petunia
(sold as Appleblossom)
Petunia
(sold as Bermuda Beach)
Petunia
(sold as Cotton Candy)
Petunia
(sold as Donna Picotee Burgundy)
Petunia
(sold as Double Peppermint)
Petunia
(sold as Easy Wave Salmon)
Petunia
(sold as Hybrid Wave Series)
Petunia
(sold as Lavender storm)
Petunia
(sold as Pirouette red)
Petunia
(sold as Ultra burgundy)
Petunia
(sold as Ultra violet)
Petunia
(sold as Wave Misty Lilac)
Phlox
(sold as Miller's Hybrid)
Prunella grandiflora ‘Loveliness’
Prunus armeniaca
(sold as Blenheim apricot)
Prunus armeniaca
(sold as apricot)
Prunus avium
(sold as Bing Cherry)
Prunus avium
(sold as Black Tartarian Cherry)
Prunus avium
(sold as Craig's Crimson Cherry)
Prunus avium
(sold as Royal Ann Cherry)
Prunus cerasifera ‘Purple Pony’
Prunus laurocerasus ‘Marbled White’
Prunus laurocerasus ‘Otto Luyken’
Prunus persica
(sold as Canadian Harmony)
Prunus persica
(sold as Elberta)
Prunus persica
(sold as Heavenly White)
Prunus virginiana melanopcarpa
Rhododendron ciliicalyx ssp. lyi
Rhododendron edgeworthii ssp. edgeworthia
Rhododendron falconeri subsection falconera
Rhododendron galactinum subsection falconera
Rhododendron haematodes ssp. chaetomallum subsection neriiflora
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Alaska’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Dorothy Gish’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘George Lindley Taber’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Gumpo’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Hakata Shiro’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Phoeniceum’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pink Lace’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Pride Of Dorking’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Red Sunset’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Rose Queen’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Satsuki Shugetsu’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group ‘Sweetheart Suprem’
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Avenir)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Billie Dee)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Brilliant)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Easter Parade)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Flamingo)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Garden Party)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Happy Days)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Ku Coral)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Mansaku)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Price)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Purple Passion)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Thundercloud)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as Very Berry)
Rhododendron hybrid, azalea group
(sold as White Lace)
Rhododendron impeditum
(sold as Dwarf Impeditum)
Rhododendron leucaspis ssp. boothia
Rhododendron neriflorum ssp. neriflorum
Rhododendron pachytrichum ssp. maculifera
Rhododendron ponticum
(sold as Variegatum)
Rhododendron sidereum ssp. grandia
Rhododendron veitchianum ssp. maddenia
Rhododendron xanthostephanum ssp. tephropepla
Rhododendron ‘Anna Rose Whitney’
Rhododendron ‘Cunningham's Blush’
Rhododendron ‘Lee's Dark Purple’
Rhododendron ‘Virginia Richards’
Syringa pubescens ssp. microphylla
Syringa pubescens ssp. patula ‘Miss Kim’
Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’
Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Orange)
Tagetes erecta
(sold as Inca Yellow)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua orange)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Antigua yellow)
Tagetes
(sold as Marigold Bonanza yellow)
Trifolium repens
(sold as Atropurpureum)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Quartz scarlet)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Red & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Tapien Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Cherry Red)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Light Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Raspberry)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec White Magic)
Verbena
(sold as Babylon Deep Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena
(sold as Tukana White)
Papilio glaucus, the Eastern Tiger Swalowtail, can be found in nearly all nearly all US states.
Favorite nectar plants include: Allium, Asclepias, Buddleja, Carduus, Cephalanthus, Cirsium, Liatris, Lilium, Lobelia, Pentas, Taraxacum, Tithonia, Verbena, and Vernonia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Host plants:
Acer
Alnus
Alnus incana
Alnus incana rugosa
Amelanchier
Amelanchier canadensis (possibly)
Betula
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula lenta
Betula papyrifera
Betula pubescens pubescens
Blechum
Carpinus caroliniana
Carya
Carya
Catalpa bignonioides
Cinnamomum camphora
Cirsium vulgare
Corylus
Crataegus
Cydonia oblonga
Fraxinus
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus nigra
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata
Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
Lindera benzoin
Liriodendron
Liriodendron tulipifera
Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia virginiana
Malus
Malus pumila
Populus
Populus balsamifera
Populus grandidentata
Populus tremuloides
Prunus
Prunus americana
Prunus cerasus
Prunus domestica
Prunus ilicifolia
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus persica
Prunus serotina
Prunus virginiana
Ptelea
Ptelea trifoliata
Quercus velutina
Salix
Salix
Salix boothii
Sassafras albidum molle
Sorbus
Styrax americanus
Syringa
Syringa vulgaris
Tilia
Tilia americana
Ulmus
Zanthoxylum americanum
