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Spicebush swallowtail
Papilio troilus
36.1367, -94.1203
Field Notes
Description:
I was happy to find this beauty in these gardens during the middle of a heat wave of consecutive 100-degree days. The adult has a wing underside that is mostly brown with two rows of orange spots, some blue iridescence, and white spots. The top side is black with a row of white spots on the margins and blue iridescence on the hind wings.Wing span: 3 - 4 inches (7.5 - 10 cm).
Habitat:
Spotted on flowers at the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks in northwestern Arkansas.
Notes:
Ranges in eastern North America.
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