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Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio glaucus

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You are most welcome. To update the spotting to reflect the new ID help, click "Edit spotting" at the top right of your page. That is the beauty of this site. You can share your awesome pictures and you do not have to know what it is. People all over the world help you ID it. When you see the updated comments, you can decide if their suggestion is correct. I have learned so much on here I can hardly believe it. Welcome to Project Noah. You have a beautiful picture of a wonderfuly cool looking butterfly. I love these butterflies.
Welcome to Project Noah! You can join the Butterflies of North America Mission and add the butterfly spotting to it. The name comes from the black stripes on their back looking like that of a tiger. The males and females look very different, and are easiest to tell male/female from the top of them; Females have blue on them with a pair of orange circles, males have black with a pair of orange circles. The undersides of both males and females have orange and blues and they are just gorgeous.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2011

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