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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 » Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4176 (Papilio glaucus)
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Papilio glaucus - female
Copyright © 2007 Doug McAbee

Papilio glaucus - Female
Lyman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
July 18, 2007
Feeding on Red Clover

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - - Papilio glaucus - female Papilio glaucus - female
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Contributed by Doug McAbee on 18 July, 2007 - 12:13pm
Last updated 28 January, 2008 - 1:19pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… Jason D. Roberts, 9 September, 2007 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

Black Eastern Tiger ST
This is a black form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).
… Nick Block, 18 July, 2007 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

 
And can you tell the differen
And can you tell the difference between a black form P.glaucus and a P.polyxenes?
Cause this one do look quite like a P.polyxenes to me, so there must be a difference that escape me...
… Dany Brown, 18 July, 2007 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Underwing pattern is best...
...for distinguishing between the two. Particularly, P. polyxenes has a complete median orange spot band and lacks the stripe through the basal half of the hindwing. P. glaucus, as on this bug, has a partial and weak median spot band and has the stripe.
… Nick Block, 18 July, 2007 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the info
Thank you for the info
… Dany Brown, 18 July, 2007 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

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