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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (dark form female)

Papilio glaucus

Photo by markiemccoy
Published on Project Noah
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Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, female, dark form

Papilio glaucus

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ForestDragon
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Eastern Black Swallowtail (female)

Papilio polyxenes

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RikMartin
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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Beautiful find! The lack of light spots on the thorax and abdomen as well as the large amount of blue on the hind wings are more consistent with a dark phase, female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Please take a look at all of the links I have provided to compare images. http://bugguide.net/node/view/491 For comparison to a female Black Swallowtail: http://bugguide.net/node/view/510811/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/459428/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/2636
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PublishedAugust 3, 2014

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