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Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes

Photo by Nimbid Ditavi
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Description:

This tremendously beautiful butterfly was found in a massive Flower garden, along with other butterflies, this was the one that caught my attention. The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly has a wingspan of about 10-16 cm. it's mainly found in Canada and the United States, making it the biggest butterfly of NorthAmerica, it's range also gets to SouthAmerica, mainly Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

Habitat:

Garden

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Comments (28)
Adarsha B S
Congratulations :) Very beautiful butterfly :)
RiekoS
Congratulations! It is really beautiful.
Nimbid Ditavi
Thank you so much guys! Really happy to be featured once again :D Thank you a lot Karen!
AshleyT
Beautiful butterfly, Phillip! Congrats on sotd :)
Mona Pirih
Congratulations Phillip !! It's beautiful butterfly !! :)
KarenL
Great capture Phillip, and congratulations on another great spotting of the day! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153185268810603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/373274492161642498
bayucca
Do you have any other picture of this one?
Jellis
Looks like a Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_cresphontes

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PublishedAugust 28, 2013

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