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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Memphis Botanic Garden, Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Papilio glaucus

Family: Papilionidae

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Average size: 3.12 to 5.5 inches ufl.edu

Domain: Eukaryota

Genus: Papilio

Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, ranging north to southern Ontario, Canada, and is common in many different habitats.

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A Bumblebee on a Zinnia, Memphis Botanic Garden, Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Bombus

Class: Insecta

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Apidae

Genus: Bombus; Latreille, 1802

Kingdom: Animalia

A bumblebee is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera are known from fossils.

Native bees occur on every continent except Antarctica. Wherever there are insect-pollinated flowering plants—be it in forest, farms, cities, and wildlands—there are bees.

Nuts, berries, apples, avocados, melons, peaches and grapes all need bees for pollination. An estimated half of the food in grocery stores would disappear without bees. And, all you coffee lovers would have to say goodbye to your favorite drink.

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A Giant Swallowtail on a Lantana, Memphis Botanic Garden, Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Papilio cresphontes

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Papilionidae

Genus: Papilio

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Lepidoptera

Phylum: Arthropoda

The giant swallowtail is the largest butterfly in North America. It is abundant through many parts of eastern North America.

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Monarch Butterfly on a Zinnia, Memphis Botanic Garden, Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Nymphalidae

Wingspan: three to four inches 

Domain: Eukaryota

Genus: Danaus

The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown.

Monarch butterflies live mainly in prairies, meadows, grasslands and along roadsides. Monarch butterflies live in North, Central, and South America as well as Australia, some Pacific Islands, India, and Western Europe.

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A Pipevine Swallowtail on a Lantana, Memphis Botanic Garden, Cherry Road, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Battus philenor

Family: Papilionidae

Class: Insecta

Genus: Battus

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Lepidoptera

Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America and Central America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. They are found in many different habitats, but are most commonly found in forests.