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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterias)
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Black and Yellow Butterfly - Papilio polyxenes - male
Copyright © 2008 Patty

Black and Yellow Butterfly - Papilio polyxenes - Male
Eustis, Lake County, Florida, USA
April 5, 2008
Size: 3 inches
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Contributed by Patty on 5 April, 2008 - 2:15pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm

Moved
Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

I think it is a polyxenes, not palamedes
Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) is close. However you need to look at the yellow dots on the head, thorax and abdomen. The specimen in the picture has the dots pointing to “Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes),” wereas (Papilio palamedes) has stripes.
… nat_gross, 9 April, 2008 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

Black and Yellow
butterfly appears to be Palamedes Swallowtail, Papilio palamedes.
… Darryl N Searcy, 5 April, 2008 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

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