Western Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio rutulus Lucas 1852

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Papilio rutulus (Western Tiger Swallowtail) is a species of butterflies in the family swallowtail butterflies. They visit flowers of ceanothus, Lily of the Nile, apple, and Spear Thistle. They are diurnal.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

associated media
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedMedia
- Definition: A list (concatenated and separated) of identifiers (publication, global unique identifier, URI) of media associated with the Occurrence.
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10283805; 10283810; 10290554
behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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collection ID
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionID
- Definition: An identifier for the collection or dataset from which the record was derived.
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Ceanothus (ceanothus)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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river
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000253
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Malus (apple)
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Buddleja davidii Franch. (Butterfly bush)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Penstemon glaber Pursh (sawsepal penstemon)
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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apposition eyes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0002229
- Definition: A compound eye with no separation between the crystalline-cone layer and the retinula, each rhabdom receiving light only from its own corneal lens.
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wing morphology
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WingMorphology
- Definition: Qualities pertaining to the size, shape or structure of the wing.
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has wings
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings
- Definition: Wings are present.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Western Tiger Swallowtail. View this species on GBIF

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