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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly - female

Papilio glaucus

Description:

Female, yellow with tiger stripes but with a conspicuous band of blue spots along the hindwing that males don't have;

Habitat:

Urban schoolyard

Notes:

On Lantana; females can come in light/yellow tiger stripe form like this one or black - see other spotting of dark female

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Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Aug 3, 2015
Submitted on Aug 4, 2015

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