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title: "Mariposa cometa cebra"
description: "Eurytides marcellus — Insectos y arañas. Eurytides marcellus, the zebra swallowtail (formerly listed under genera Protographium, Iphiclides, Graphium and Papilio by some authorities), is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/zebra-swallowtail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mariposa cometa cebra

> Eurytides marcellus — Insectos y arañas. Eurytides marcellus, the zebra swallowtail (formerly listed under genera Protographium, Iphiclides, Graphium and Papilio by some authorities), is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.

- Scientific name: *Eurytides marcellus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 25726
- Wikidata: [Q21163005](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21163005)
- iNaturalist taxon: [83086](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/83086)

## Names

- en: Zebra Swallowtail
- de: Zebra-Schwalbenschwanz
- es: Mariposa cometa cebra
- fr: Papillon zébré

## Countries with the most observations

US (24800), CA (39)

## Summary

Eurytides marcellus, the zebra swallowtail (formerly listed under genera Protographium, Iphiclides, Graphium and Papilio by some authorities), is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. It is the state butterfly of Tennessee. Its distinctive wing shape and long tails make it easy to identify, and its black-and-white-striped pattern is reminiscent of a zebra. The butterflies are closely associated with pawpaws, and are rarely found far from these trees. The green or black caterpillars feed on the leaves of various pawpaw species, while the adults feed on flower nectar and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurytides_marcellus

## Photo

![Mariposa cometa cebra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/zebra-swallowtail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Donna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27988349

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/zebra-swallowtail?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).