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Papilio glaucus
Spotted on Aug 7, 2010
Submitted on Dec 2, 2011
2 Comments
thank you
This looks like a very faded black form female Tiger swallowtail. Are you near to the mountains? If so I would say this is a Appalachian tiger swallowtail
(Papilio appalachiensi) due to the reduced amount of blue on the wings. If not, more likely to be the Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)