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Black swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

3 Comments

Dan18
Dan18 6 years ago

Changed to black swallowtail.
Thanks to KeithRoragen and ForestDragon's for help with the classification.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 6 years ago

I agree with Keith. This looks to be a Black Swallowtail.

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 6 years ago

In Spicebush Swallowtail, the row of orange dots on the underside is broken by the blue band. Black Swallowtail has a black spot at the center of the orange spot on the inner margin of the hind wing.

Dan18
Spotted by
Dan18

Marlboro Township, New Jersey, USA

Spotted on Jul 16, 2017
Submitted on Jul 16, 2017

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