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unidentified swallowtail butterfly

Photo by Allen Hoof
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow and black swallowtail butterfly with iridescent green and pink spots on the ends and along the trailing edges of its wings, which had a span of about 4 inches.

Habitat:

Suburban area on insular tropical upland plateau.

Notes:

Spotted flitting about near my house. Imaged at a distance when it landed on my driveway. Attempts to get closer before taking its picture were unsuccessful; it flew off every time. Each of the uploaded images is a crop from the original. The third, uploaded to provide perspective and showing more background than butterfly, is itself a crop. None of the uploaded images is high resolution.

Species ID Suggestions

Asian swallowtail

Papilio xuthus

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PublishedMarch 10, 2020

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