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Black Swallowtail-Female

Papilio polyxenes stabilis

Description:

It was going from grass leaf to grass leaf, I went to check but found no eggs?

11 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Nice spotting Gilma :)

Thank you bayucca, you are right, Female... : )

Thank you bayucca, I will check the Male/Female part.... : )

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Papilio polyxenes stabilis, Central American Black Swallowtail.
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
According to the link a female?!?

Thank you, LarryGraziano, the first Butterfly is exactly like mine, thank you for the Link. I did not know there were so many with small differences!!

Thank you so much, LuckyLogan, LuckyLogan, ceherzog, for your help to ID this beautiful Butterfly.

Could this be The Black Swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes?

ceherzog
ceherzog 10 years ago

I think this is the butterfly but it uses dill, parsley and other members of that plant family as host plants.
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

It is a swallow tail, would be nice to know the name.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 10 years ago

Looks like one of the Swallowtails

Costa Rica

Spotted on Dec 19, 2013
Submitted on Dec 22, 2013

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