Image ID 417053 Premium Services      Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Hand-colored engraving with etching after Titian Ramsey Peale From: Thomas Say, American Entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America…. Vol. 3 of 3 (Philadelphia, 1824–28) NYPL, Rare Books Division

Titian Ramsey Peale (1800–1885), a member of the distinguished family of American artists, provided many of the 54 illustrations for this classic three-volume study, in which Thomas Say (1787–1834) described more than a thousand new insect species. Say excelled in several fields; he is honored as the father of both American entomology and American conchology.

The easily recognized Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is depicted here with Aquilegia, one of the many sources of nectar for the adult butterfly. Among the plants the caterpillar feeds on are the leaves of birch, willow, wild cherry, and ash.

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