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Battus philenor
Upper surface of forewing is mostly black with ivory spots along margin. Upper surface of hindwing has orange spot on costal margin and sheen of bluish (female) or bluish-green (male) scales. Underside of hindwing with pale green marginal spots. The wing span is 3 - 4 inches.
Deciduous woodlands, fields, roadsides, yards, pine barrens, wooded swamps, and parks. They feed on nectar from Japanese honeysuckle, jewelweed, thistles, milkweed, azalea, dogbane, lantana, mimosa, and sweet pepperbush. Plant hosts are spicebush (Lindera benzoin), sassafras trees (Sassafras albidum), prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana), camphor (Cinnamomum camphora), and redbay (Persea borbonia).
This was spotted enjoying my Lantana.
Spotted on Aug 4, 2012
Submitted on Aug 5, 2012
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