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Field Notes

Description:

Black coloured swallowtail butterfly

Habitat:

Feeding on Lantana flowers in formal planting next to a swimming pool. Organic garden.

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, (Black form female)

Papilio glaucus

Comments (4)

Thank you Ornithoptera80. I forgot about the black form female of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
Hi Võ Anh Tuấn. Papilio polyxenes has an extra row of white spots and don't have the orange spots that this butterfly has on the hind wings. I believe Papilio troilus troilus is correct.

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