[TN-Butterflies] appalachian tiger swallowtail revisited
- From: Stephen Stedman <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:38:04 -0600
As many of you recall, I made a plea last year for evidence of the
occurrence of Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail in Tennessee. I received
some photos in response to this request, but, due mainly to my own
ignorance about how to i.d. this species, I did not proceed to add this
species to the state butterfly list at BAMONA, although as it turned out
I received at least one set of photos that was more than adequate to
verify this species' occurrence in Tennessee.
Being now somewhat more enlightened about the i.d. of this "new" species
and having given the photos from last year a new look (and having
received additional solid evidence of the Appy's occurrence in
Tennessee), I am now ready to submit that evidence so that this new
swallowtail can be reflected at the BAMONA website for the following
Tennessee counties-Sevier and Unicoi.
I've also created a new page of my website dealing with the tiger
swallowtails in Tennessee. Have a look (link below) if you have
interest in this matter, especially if you live near the eastern
mountains of our fair state.
I hope that during 2009 more east Tennessee counties with high elevation
will be added to the list of Tennessee counties in which this new
butterfly is verified to occur.
The Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail is species # 134 for the Tennessee
butterfly list at BAMONA. Species # 135 is already confirmed ( but not
added to the BAMONA site; more on this species in a later post); who
will find species # 136? And where will it show up? Am I generating a
thread here?
Good butterflying, Steve Stedman
Cookeville, Putnam County
Link to page of my website dealing with tiger swallowtails:
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/TigerSwallowtailsTennessee.htm
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