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Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Photo by Anthony8
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Field Notes

Description:

An eastern tiger swallowtail enjoying a meal from a buttonbush flower.

Habitat:

Lake.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Beautiful series. I think that your butterfly is a dark form female Easter Tiger Swallowtail ( Papilio glaucus). The markings aren't correct for a Spicebush Swallowtail and if you look you can just see the dark stripes on the wings, especially in the third photo. Here is an image of a Spicebush: http://bugguide.net/node/view/859428/bgimage Compare to images here of the dark form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtails: http://bugguide.net/node/view/746407/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/593658/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/432418/bgimage

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PublishedSeptember 9, 2013

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