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Black swallowtail buterfly

Papilio polyxenes

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Description:

Large black butterfly with some orange, white, blue spots.

Habitat:

Tucson, AZ desert

1 Species ID Suggestions

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luvnature
luvnature 11 years ago
Western Black Swallowtail Butterfly
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2 Comments

luvnature
luvnature 11 years ago

I would like for you to join my Tucson Wildlife Count project mission and add this spotting to it.

andyarct
andyarct 12 years ago

Beautiful butterfly! I always have an eye out for butterflies, but I've only seen 3 different species.

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monicahouser
Spotted by
monicahouser

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Aug 27, 2011
Submitted on Sep 5, 2011

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