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King swallowtail

Papilio thoas

Description:

large black and yellow butterfly

Habitat:

spotted on mountain roadside

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1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

This one is now called Heraclides thoas.

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 4, 2012
Submitted on Feb 14, 2012

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