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zebra swallowtail

noun

  1. a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio marcellus, having black and greenish-white stripes on the wings.


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Origin of zebra swallowtail1

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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Among these alluring insects was a striking but uncommon zebra swallowtail, which supped at the tithonia and then moved to a zinnia.

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Where the meadow meets the woodland, Lawson has planted pawpaw trees, which feed the zebra swallowtail.

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Pawpaw is an attractive fruiting large shrub or tree and is the host plant of the zebra swallowtail.

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The foliage, moreover, is favored by the caterpillar of the zebra swallowtail, which is even prettier to my eyes than the tiger swallowtail.

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The Zebra Swallowtail is a southern butterfly found as far west as Texas and the Rocky Mountains and having its northern limits in a zone ranging approximately from Massachusetts to Nebraska.

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