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Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio troilus

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KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 12 years ago
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus Species Papilio troilus - Spicebush Swallowtail - BugGuide.Net


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courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson 12 years ago

Thanks :) Thanks for correcting my id Keith!! I have updated the name!! Thanks for the help!

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Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Lovely.

ScottGalbraith
ScottGalbraith 12 years ago

nice!!

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 12 years ago

ON the hind wing, the blue mark that separates the fourth and fifth(from the top) medial orange spots identifies this as a Spicebush Swallowtail. The orange spots on a Black Swallowtail are never interrupted by blue. See here.

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/709...

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courtneyhitson
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courtneyhitson

Cordele, Georgia, USA

Spotted on Aug 24, 2011
Submitted on Aug 25, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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