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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio glaucus

Description:

Papilionidae (swallowtails): Swallowtail butterflies are the dominant subfamily, with species characterized by extended appendages (tails) at the bottom of their wings. Many, but not all swallowtail butterflies have black or yellow patterned wings.

Habitat:

Garden areas, near flowers.

Notes:

Just a beautiful butterfly.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, female, dark phase
Papilio glaucus Species Papilio glaucus - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - BugGuide.Net


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4 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Beautiful!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Could this be the Ozark Swallowtail (Papilio joanae)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_joa...

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

I agree, the second pic is excellent.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I would change my pictures, so your second one is first! More people will take a look!

BrandyRichardson
Spotted by
BrandyRichardson

Versailles, Missouri, USA

Spotted on Aug 22, 2011
Submitted on Dec 22, 2011

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