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Two-Tailed Swallowtail

Arizona's State Butterfly

The Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) is the Arizona State Butterfly. The butterfly photograph below was provided by Bruce Walsh at the University of Arizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly
The Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly 
is Arizona's State Butterfly

Desert Botanical Garden 
Butterfly Exhibit Photo Gallery

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