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Western Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio rutulus

Description:

yellow and black butterfly some blue coloring the bottom of the wings

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3 Comments

JasonGonzalez
JasonGonzalez 12 years ago

Yeah thats what i thought it was and looked it up and try adding its common name and scientific name but i keep getting errors

freelancing
freelancing 12 years ago

Definitely a Tiger Swallowtail - in this case, a male.

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

Maybe a Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_rut...

JasonGonzalez
Spotted by
JasonGonzalez

Riverside, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 16, 2012
Submitted on Apr 25, 2012

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