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Papilio palamedes
Large black butterfly nearly 5" wingspan. A postmedian yellow band and a row of marginal yellow spots. Hindwing underneath has a band of blue and a narrow yellow line near the wing base that positively IDs this as a Palamedes.
Mixed forest - moist dirt for puddling.
Spotted on May 20, 2014
Submitted on May 21, 2014
2 Comments
Thank you Luis.
Beautiful butterfly and series Musicwolf!