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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{No footnotes|date=March 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = Wtigerswallowtail.JPG | image_caption = ''Papilio rutulus''. Dorsal view | genus = Papilio | species = rutulus | authority = [[Hippolyte Lucas|H. Lucas]], 1852 | range_map = Papilio rutulus range map.PNG }} '''''Papilio rutulus''''', the '''western tiger swallowtail''', is a [[swallowtail butterfly]] belonging to the ''[[Papilionidae]]'' family. The species was [[Species description|first described]] by [[Hippolyte Lucas]] in 1852. Like the other tiger swallowtails, the western tiger swallowtail was formerly classified in genus ''Pterourus'', but modern classifications all agree in placing them within ''[[Papilio]]''.
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