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Giant SwallowTail

Papilio cresphontes

Description:

An adults wingspan is about 100–160 mm (3.9–6.3 in).[2] The body and wings are dark brown to black with yellow bands. There is a yellow "eye" in each wing tail. The abdomen has bands of yellow along with the previously mentioned brown. Adults are quite similar to the adults of another Papilio species, P. thoas.

Notes:

Spotted this Giant SwallowTail hovering over a Butterfly Bush

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CathieMadsenWilke
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CathieMadsenWilke

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jul 23, 2012
Submitted on Jul 25, 2012

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