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Swallowtail Butterfly

Heraclides sp.

Photo by pamsai
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Species ID Suggestions

Swallowtail Butterfly

Heraclides sp.
bayucca
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Comments (2)
pamsai
Sorry bayucca, no other photos! I was lucky I got these as it didn't stay still for a second!
bayucca
It is either Heraclides thoas or Heraclides cresphontes. I tend to Heraclides thoas, but I would need other pictures to be 100% sure.

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PublishedSeptember 16, 2013

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