state butterfly
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Caucus and COW |
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As Transmitted to the Governor |
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HB 2247 designates the Two-tailed Swallowtail butterfly as the official state butterfly.
Title 41, Chapter 4.1, article 5, sets forth the state emblems. The state of Arizona has approved petrified wood as the state fossil, the cactus wren as the state bird, the flower of the Saguaro as the state flower, the Palo Verde as the state tree, the Bola tie as the state neckwear and turquoise as the official gemstone. State animals are divided into four categories: the ringtail as the state mammal, the Arizona ridgenose rattlesnake as the state reptile, the Arizona trout as the state fish and the Arizona tree frog as the state amphibian. Blue and gold are the state colors. The blue is the same shade as our state flag and the flag of the United States. The Arizona State flag represents the copper star of Arizona rising from a blue field in the face of the setting sun.