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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Dark Morph)

Papilio glaucus

Photo by chesterbperry
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Butterfly snacking on some joe pye weed

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Dark Morph)

Papilio glaucus

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Comments (3)
LarryGraziano
Hi Chester, nice spotting! I have removed this from the Rare Colour Morphs mission because, although different, the dark morph of this species is quite common. Thank you and happy spotting!
LindaKing2
If you look closely you can actually see the "tiger" stripes on the wings of this butterfly.

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Butterflies and Moths of Southeast USA
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Biodiversity of Audubon Acres
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PublishedAugust 26, 2013

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