Pink-shell Azalea and the Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
by Carol Montoya
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Pink-shell Azalea and the Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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Carol Montoya
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Photograph - Photography
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Pink-shell Azalea and the Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Both the Pink-shell azalea and the Appalachian tiger swallowtail our native to the Appalachian mountains.
An interesting discovery about the Appalachian tiger swallowtail is a hybrid of two other swallowtails. This rarely happens in nature among species.
For more information check out this article: https://phys.org/news/2011-09-appalachian-tiger-swallowtail-butterfly-hybrid.html
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April 24th, 2022
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