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Zebra Swallowtail butterfly

Protographium marcellus

Photo by Geodialist
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Field Notes

Description:

A Zebra Swallowtail butterfly spotted along "Beaver Pond Loop Trail." Pawpaw, relatively common at Accotink Bay Wildlife Preserve, is the host plant for Protographium marcellus. "Caterpillar Hosts: Shrubs of the genus Asimina (pawpaw) in the Annonaceae family. Young plants are preferred." Source Credit: Butterflies and Moths of North America. Related Resource: Asimina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina

Habitat:

Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, a 1,200 acre preserve located at Army Garrison Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resources: Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accotink_Bay_Wildlife_Refuge http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/vbwt/site.asp?trail=1&loop=CMN&site=CMN05

Notes:

Copyright © 2013 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com

Reference Links:

Protographium marcellus, Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

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Comments (7)
MaryFord
@Geodialist--I live in DC, actually, and work at National Geographic. I've been to ABWR but need to go again! The Great Nature Project mission on Noah is part of the larger Great Nature Project that we're building here at NatGeo. Our idea is to try to collect as many nature photos from around the world. We'd love to collect thousands and thousands via Noah, but we're also giving people the option to participate via Twitter or Instagram Flickr, if they're more comfortable or familiar with those platforms. Or they can participate through NatGeo's photo community, Your Shot. Or kids can participate via the Kids My Shot program. We're hoping that we can convert some social media users to Noah users in the process! All the Great Nature Project photos will be aggregated on http://greatnatureproject.org/ starting in July, and we'll do a bit campaign around it in September. Thanks for being part of it!
Geodialist
My pleasure, Mary! How is the "Great Nature Project" mission different from the overall mission of Project Noah? I infer you live in NoVA, right? Have you visited ABWR?
MaryFord
Love it--right in my neighborhood! And thanks for contributing to the Great Nature Project!!
Geodialist
Thanks to everyone for the "favorites" and kind words in your comments!

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Wildlife of Northern Virginia
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Arthropods of Fairfax,VA
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Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge
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PublishedMay 19, 2013

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