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Black Swallowtail

Papilo polyxenes

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

A mostly black butterfly with yellow along the wing edges and a blue iridescent band on the back of the wings, making this a female.

Habitat:

Found in a mostly oak dominated forest, it was on a thistle flower in the Asteraceae family.

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Papilio polyxenes

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Black Swallowtail

Papilo polyxenes
Cammie C. Jeffries
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail dark morph female

Papilio glaucus

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ForestDragon
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Comments (2)
AshleyT
Thanks Cammie! I guess it being a female threw me off since it didn't look like most of the pictures I had seen. I'm slowly learning my butterflies though :)
Cammie C. Jeffries
You are correct, it is a Black Swallowtail! This one is a female; the males have another line of yellow patterning instead of the blue. Beautiful shots! =)

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PublishedApril 16, 2013

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