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Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes asterias

Description:

A medium sized black butterfly with yellow and blue colorings.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes asterias Papilio polyxenes - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Difficult from this perspective and distance. I think it is a female Papilio polyxenes asterias, Black Swallowtail.

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

I'm guessing black swallowtail, though it could be a pipevine swallowtail.

jdecovic
Spotted by
jdecovic

Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Spotted on May 18, 2012
Submitted on May 18, 2012

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