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Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio troilus

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Spicebush Swallowtail

Papilio troilus

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KeithRoragen
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courtneyhitson
Thanks :) Thanks for correcting my id Keith!! I have updated the name!! Thanks for the help!
KeithRoragen
ON the hind wing, the blue mark that separates the fourth and fifth(from the top) medial orange spots identifies this as a Spicebush Swallowtail. The orange spots on a Black Swallowtail are never interrupted by blue. See here. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7099150

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PublishedAugust 25, 2011

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