Swallowtail butterfly from the other butterfly families are: Swallowtail butterflies practice Batesian mimicry, a behavior in which the butterflies' appearance closely resemble that of distasteful species that prevents predation. Swallowtails differ from many animals that practice mimicry. The tiger swallowtail butterfly ("Papilio glaucus"), exhibits a female-limited polymorphism for Batesian mimicry and others, such as the Canadian tiger swallowtail ("Papilio canadensis") do not display any form of mimicry. Predators include the red-winged blackbird, Pennsylvania firefly, five-lined skink, green darner, goldenrod spider, Chinese mantis, fiery searcher, and striped skunk. Not all individuals in some species are identical in appearance. For example, "Papilio glaucus" (eastern
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