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Eastern Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes asterius

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 8 years ago
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes Species Papilio polyxenes - Black Swallowtail - Hodges#4159 - BugGuide.Net


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dcslaugh
dcslaugh 8 years ago

This came back from bugguide as the Eastern subspecies!

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 8 years ago

The Spicebush Swallowtail is missing part of the orange band. See here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1131287/bg...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1100434/bg...

Check out the link with my ID suggestion for the differences between these similar looking species.

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dcslaugh
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dcslaugh

Florida, USA

Spotted on Aug 8, 2015
Submitted on Oct 27, 2015

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