Another Giant Swallowtail Butterfly 2025

Here’s video of another Giant Swallowtail butterfly I just captured on video. This is the third one I’ve seen this year.

Below is some information about this butterfly I learned from the North American Butterfly Association website. Here is a link to their website:

https://www.tnvalleynaba.org/butterflies-of-tennessee/swallowtail-papilionidae/giant-swallowtail-papilio-cresphontes/

The largest butterfly on North America is reportedly the Giant Swallowtail, which is native to several regions of the continent. They have black wings with a yellow horizontal band across the forewings when the wings are open. Alongside the black & yellow coloring, patches of crimson and blue stripes are visible when wings are closed. In females, the yellow bands have a thinner texture, and the yellow oval band at the third position from the tip of the wing has a black spot on it. In males, the oval has a thicker golden belt and no black spot.

Here are links for more information about this magnificent butterfly:

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-cresphontes

https://www.gardenia.net/guide/giant-swallowtail-butterfly

https://www.britannica.com/plant/butterfly-bush