Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

From the handmade album of drawings “MIDSUMMER CAPRICE — & MID-JUNE”

Burchfield owned a specimen of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail preserved under glass. Here is a description from a nature guide:

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Wingspan 4-5 7/8” (100-150 mm).

All males and many females have yellow wings with black tigerlike stripes in pale phase. Wings in dark-phase females, common in southern parts of range, are brownish black with yellow and blue spots near outer margins.

Caterpillar, to 2 ½” (65 mm), is green and has yellow eyespots with black dot, orange and black bands, and blue dots.