Two-tailed Tiger Swallowtail (LEP8) Papilio multicaudata

 

     It sports a pair of tails on each hindwing.  The bright yellow wings and abdomen carry narrow black stripes.  A field of blue liens inside the marginal yellow spots, and the two spots below the tails are red-orange.  Two-tailed Tigers soar through western canyons where wild cherries provide nectar and host-plant forage.  The picture shows one visiting teasel.