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Thoas Swallowtail or King Swallowtail

Heraclides thoas

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Description:

Beautiful huge yellow and black butterflies.

Species ID Suggestions

Thoas Swallowtail or King Swallowtail

Heraclides thoas

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Comments (3)
bayucca
There are indeed several subspecies of Thoas around. I focused on the 4 spots and the flattened patches on the forewing.
AnaCarolinaRedondo
Hi, bayucca! I took a look at the pictures of king swallowtails and saw that the wings shapes were different from the ones I saw. Maybe they are from a different species. What do you think?
bayucca
It is now called Heraclides thoas, no more Papilio thoas.

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PublishedJanuary 21, 2012

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