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Common Mormon

Photo by LisaPerilli
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Field Notes

Notes:

I photographed this at the local botanical gardens, it may not be local. I really know nothing about this butterfly except for the fact that I thought it was beautiful and consider myself lucky to get such a good shot.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Ashish
Lisa please update ID..Its Common Mormon. Papilio polytes

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PublishedMay 11, 2011

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