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Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Orlando Wetlands

Species ID Suggestions

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

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gatorfellows
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Comments (3)
ForestDragon
I agree with gatorfellows, this looks to be a Black Swallowtail. :-)
gatorfellows
Here is a good link to a page that compares the dark swallotails: http://louisiananaturalist.blogspot.com/2009/06/four-dark-swallowtails.html

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PublishedApril 15, 2014

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