New butterfly species

[HpAzures at aol.com]

All:

I have just received notice from two sources that the Nature Conservancy is 
adding Papilio appalachiensis (Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail) to the 
organization's Natureserve website (www.natureserve.org).  It has not yet 
been posted, but it reportedly passed their internal review process.  This is 
the first new species of Swallowtail described in the U.S. since description 
of the Ozark Swallowtail.  

If anyone is interested in the original description paper, it is available 
from The International Lepidoptera Survey at www.tils-ttr.org, by going to 
the Taxonomic Report link and scrolling down to Volume 3.  The first page can 
be viewed via Adobe Acrobat but the entire paper needs to be ordered.  I 
believe the cost is $5 or $10 postpaid.  I have received only a few reprints 
and ran out already and xerox copies do an injustice to the report.  I 
believe you might have to order directly from TILS editor Ron Gatrelle at 
gatrelle at tils-ttr.org

If anyone has photos of Tiger Swallowtails from Connecticut, and would like 
me to look at them to see if they might be Appalachian Tigers, please write 
to me.

Harry Pavulaan
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