Papilio polyxenes
This butterfly has a wingspan of 8 to 11 cm. The top part of the wings are mostly black. A female Black Swallowtail has row of yellow spots on its wings.
It's habitat is in an open, sunny area.
Sophie J. Edited by Sofia F.
Hi Ablock, I had identified this for you so now you can go into edit & add the correct common & scientific names. This is important as it links this to other spottings of the same species & will mean it will appear in the related spottings so that other users are more likely to view it.
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Lat: 27.95, Long: -82.46
Spotted on Apr 10, 2012
Submitted on Apr 11, 2012