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Swallowtail Butterfly
Papilio troilus
36.5472, -86.6972
Field Notes
Description:
A large blackish-brown Spicebush butterfly with iridescent blue on the hindwings, pollinating a zinnia. There are light spots near the edge of the forewings, and orange spots on the underside of the hindwings. It has a tail-like extension from the rear edge of each hindwing.
Habitat:
Found in a zinnia garden near dense woods in middle Tennessee.
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