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Pipevine Swallowtail (AKA: Blue Swallowtail) butterfly sitting on some tall grass in a pond during a rainstorm. At first I mistook this for a Spicebush Swallowtail, but upon further study found it to be a Pipevine.
Spotted on May 16, 2015
Submitted on May 16, 2015
9 Comments
A very beautiful, and a very colorful butterfly....very beautiful colors....
absolutely beautiful ! and so nicely photographed. Here's another 'like' !
Thank you much, this just became my most liked picture!
Beautiful butterfly and picture SargonR!
Thanks for the great comments, much appreciated!
What a wonderful spotting. Love the colors of the butterfly.
What a gorgeous creature!
beautiful!
stunning colors, lovely spotting, sargon!