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Tiger Swallowtail/Female Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by JimmyE
Published on Project Noah
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Black Swallowtail - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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ForestDragon
Hi JimmyE, beautiful images! Photos 1-3 look like an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) http://bugguide.net/node/view/491 Photos 4-6 appear to be a male Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) http://bugguide.net/node/view/2648 Please separate and confirm the IDs by updating your spotting. :-)

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