Zebra Swallowtail

Eurytides marcellus

The Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) is fashionably garbed in black and white zebra stripes with jewels of red and blue markings on the lower wings. The long tails are the finishing touch. Green caterpillars with yellow and white transverse stripes eat the leaves and flowers of various pawpaws (Asimina spp.).