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Pipevine Butterfly

Battus philenor

Habitat:

Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve in Fox Chapel, PA

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3 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Relocated to Arthropods :-)

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

Here are some links with helpful pictures for comparison:



http://louisiananaturalist.blogspot.com/...
http://www.butterfliesandwildlife.com/20...
http://www.jeffpippen.com/butterflies/ea...



Also, since butterflies are insects, you can feel free to change the category from "Other" to "Arthropods".

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

This butterfly looks like it could be a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (dark morph), or possibly an old female spicebush swallowtail.

Sherry8
Spotted by
Sherry8

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Jun 25, 2017
Submitted on Nov 30, 2017

Spotted for Mission

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