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Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio cresphontes

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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow and black coloring
About 5 inches in length wingtip to wingtip

Habitat:

Backyard

Species ID Suggestions

Giant swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes

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Comments (1)
ShishirS
This may be Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_polytes
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PublishedAugust 31, 2012

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