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Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Photo by peter
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Field Notes

Description:

3-4 inch wingspan!

Habitat:

Sub-tropical rainforest

Reference Links:

Giant swallowtail

Species ID Suggestions

Thoas Swallowtail

Heraclides thoas

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Comments (1)
alicelongmartin
I have had one in my garden recently, but there are so many Polydamus flying around, he would not land for a picture.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2010

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