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Papilio polyxenes
Wingspan on 8-11 cm; upper surface of wing: black; inner edge of hind wing: black spot centered with larger orange spot; male: yellow band near edge of wing; female: row of yellow spots; hind wing of female: iridescent blue band;
Warm temps and dry areas
AKA America Swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail; Oklahoma state butterfly; similar to Papilio machoan;
Spotted on May 16, 2012
Submitted on May 16, 2012
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I've moved this to arthropods for you.
Where you know the species as in this case, please can you look up & add the scientific name so that we can take this off of the "unknown" list. Because we have a global user base & sometimes many different common names for the same species, the system uses the scientific name to link similar spottings - which also means this may come up in the thumbnails on other spottings & more people may take a look & favorite it. Without the scientific name this will continue to show up as unidentified & you may get further ID suggestions from other users.