Summary description from Wikipedia:

Papilio rutulus in languages:

English

Western Tiger Swallowtail

French

papillon tigré de l'Ouest

German

Westlicher Tigerschwalbenschwanz

Japanese

ニシトラフアゲハ

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Parent Taxon

• Papilio

Sibling Taxa

• Papilio alexiares
• Papilio appalachiensis
• Papilio ascolius
• Papilio bachus
• Papilio birchalli
• Papilio cacicus
• Papilio canadensis
• Papilio canadensis × eurymedon
• Papilio canadensis × glaucus
• Papilio cleotas
• Papilio coroebus
• Papilio elwesi
• Papilio esperanza
• Papilio eurymedon
• Papilio euterpinus
• Papilio garamas
• Papilio glaucus
• Papilio hellanichus
• Papilio homerus
• Papilio maraho
• Papilio menatius
• Papilio multicaudata
• Papilio neyi
• Papilio palamedes
• Papilio pilumnus
• Papilio rutulus
• Papilio rutulus × multicaudata
• Papilio scamander
• Papilio troilus
• Papilio warscewiczii
• Papilio xanthopleura
• Papilio zagreus
• Pterourus birchallii

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