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Black swallowtail (female)

Papilio polyxenes

Description:

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.

Habitat:

It's habitat is in an open, sunny area.

Notes:

Sophie J. Edited by Sofia F.

1 species ID suggestions

1 Comment

KarenL
KarenL a year ago

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.
Where you don't know the exact species as in this case, please tick the "Help me ID this species" box so that it will come up on the unknowns list & other users can help you find an ID. Thanks!

Tampa, Florida, USA

Lat: 27.95, Long: -82.46

Spotted on Apr 10, 2012
Submitted on Apr 11, 2012

Spotted for mission

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