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Palamedes Swallowtail

Papilio palamedes

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clowery316
clowery316 9 years ago

Excellent! Thank you for the clarification. Nice observation!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Nice find! Though they do look similar to Black Swallowtails, Palamedes Swallowtails have a yellow stripe on underside of wings which is distinctive. You can see that stripe in pictures 1 and 3. :-)

clowery316
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clowery316

Woodville, Texas, USA

Spotted on Jul 9, 2014
Submitted on Jul 11, 2014

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