Record #:

21863

Author(s):

Fauser, Sarah

Abstract:

There are about 175 species of butterflies in the state. The eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly is perhaps the most recognizable with its yellow body with black stripes and a wingspan between three and six inches. In 2011 Frances Parnell and the Cape Fear Garden Club, Inc. of Wilmington began lobbying the NC General Assembly for a North Carolina Butterfly Symbol, and in June 2012 the eastern tiger swallowtail was so named.

Source:

Carolina Gardener (NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 26 Issue 4, May 2014, p46-48, il

Subject(s):

Butterflies; Signs and symbols--North Carolina; Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly