- A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly,
now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The
wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an
orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also
tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.
Definition
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