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Western Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio rutulus

Description:

Big Butterfly

Habitat:

Front yard

Notes:

5" wing span

1 Species ID Suggestions

Little Rex
Little Rex 11 years ago
Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus Papilio glaucus


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3 Comments

chetspencer
chetspencer 11 years ago

Thank you all for the help, I though my original "Monarch Giganticus" had a nice ring to it. ;)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Monarch Giganticus does not exist, it is a Swallotail butterfly. I do not know from this distance wich one.

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Moved to Arthropods

chetspencer
Spotted by
chetspencer

Fairfield, California, USA

Spotted on Jun 2, 2012
Submitted on Jun 3, 2012

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