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Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio machaon

Photo by Sherry8
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Fox Chapel, PA

Species ID Suggestions

eastern tiger swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

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Christine Y.
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Comments (2)
Christine Y.
Very pretty butterfly :). You might want to recheck your ID though because it looks like Papilio glaucus. Also, since butterflies are insects, you can change the category from "Other" to "Arthropods".

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PublishedNovember 30, 2017

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