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Pipevine Swallowtail
Battus philenor
31.2287, -84.473
Field Notes
Description:
A large butterfly with blue and black wings. These butterflies can be easily identified in their adult form by their blue hind wings with white spots on top and 7 orange spots underneath. Strikingly beautiful in real life, these photos do a poor job of capturing this creature.
Habitat:
These butterflies like open woodlands and fields and are found across much of the southern half of the United States. These butterflies only eat nectar from flowers - this one was drinking from a purple passionflower.
Notes:
Found at the Joseph W. Jones Research Center
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