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Black swallowtail buterfly

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by monicahouser
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large black butterfly with some orange, white, blue spots.

Habitat:

Tucson, AZ desert

Species ID Suggestions

Western Black Swallowtail Butterfly

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Comments (2)

I would like for you to join my Tucson Wildlife Count project mission and add this spotting to it.
Beautiful butterfly! I always have an eye out for butterflies, but I've only seen 3 different species.

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