Show tiger zebra butterflies named because of color butterflies were given their name because of the yellowish color of so many of them making them look like butter besides the yellows there are many other families of butterflies among these are the meadow browns the long beaks and the low tails the swallowtails are so named because of the points which jut out from their hind wings these points have been thought to resemble a swallow a tail the swallowtail family is itself di vided into many branches the tl ti gers the blues the blacks the ze bras and the giants are some of the branches according to an authority in the detroit news the black swallowtail is found in almost every section of southern canada and the united states when eggs of the blacks hatch the caterpillars feed on the leaves of such vegetables as carrots parsnips and parsley after becoming butterflies they flit about for two months or so before death overtakes them the blue swallow swallowtail tall is one of the prettiest butterflies in m north amer ica the hind wings are largely covered with blue green scales which glisten in the sunlight the front wings are darker and have white spots on them tiger swallowtails are striped yel low and black the zebras are striped with green and black and have longer tails I 1 than most mem bers of the group the giant swallowtail is the larg e est s t in its family it sometimes has a wingspread of close to five inches there are larger butterflies in the world |