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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Description:

About 4 inches across wings. Hard to catch in a photo moving around so much!

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2 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

I agree with Keith, this is a dark form Tiger Swallowtail. Check out the link he provided! Nice find!

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

This is a dark form female Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus. You can see the tiger stripes on the underside.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/491

BillCavender
Spotted by
BillCavender

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Jul 14, 2012
Submitted on Jul 16, 2012

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