Swooping over meadows and pausing on blooms, swallowtails draw attention with their ... It’s a diverse family, with more than 500 swallowtail butterfly species fluttering over six continents.

Entomologists have discovered Papilio solstitius, a new tiger swallowtail butterfly that appears in summer in eastern North ...

This unappetising outfit is a clever ploy to hide in plain sight, a trick used by multiple swallowtail butterflies. You'll have to look carefully to find them, but the tiny creatures can usually be ...