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Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by JVM
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Black Swallowtail

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Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

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Comments (3)
JVM
Thanks and coincidentally, I spotted it right next to an American baseball field!
ceherzog
Nice shots of a beautiful butterfly & flower.
Ashish
It is ideal American grassland spotting one Black Eastern Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) butter fly seen on Purple Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea)

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PublishedJuly 23, 2011

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