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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Photo by AmyLang
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Papilio glaucus

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ForestDragon
It looks like you have two different species here. The first image is a Black Swallowtail ( Papilio polyxenes asterius). Here is a link to compare: http://bugguide.net/node/view/298231 The second image is definitely an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as you have identified. :-)

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