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Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly

Papilio troilus

Photo by lisasz
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Description:

Vigorous, black winged butterfly with blue and orange colored patches on undersides of wings and pale light patches on upper sides. Tail is "swallow -tailed" in shape.

Habitat:

Butterfly bush in suburbia

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