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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Fluted Swallowtails (Papilionini) » Papilio » Black Swallowtail - Hodges#4159 (Papilio polyxenes) » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius)
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Is this a female eastern black swallowtail? - Papilio polyxenes - female
Copyright © 2015 Kala King

Is this a female eastern black swallowtail? - Papilio polyxenes - Female
Richardson, Dallas County, Texas, USA
April 29, 2015
Guessing female based on it appears to be laying eggs in the grass plus the spots are white, not yellow and the amount of blue showing.

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Is this a female eastern black swallowtail? - Papilio polyxenes - female Is this a female eastern black swallowtail? The only in flight photo of it that I was able to get - Papilio polyxenes - female
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Contributed by Kala King on 28 June, 2015 - 10:59pm

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… Cliff Ivy, 28 June, 2015 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

Yes, female Black swallowtail
Appears to be ovipositing on weeds which are likely in the parsley family.
… Cliff Ivy, 28 June, 2015 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

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