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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 » Anise Swallowtail - Hodges#4167 (Papilio zelicaon) » Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon nitra)
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Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes?? - Papilio zelicaon - male
Copyright © 2008 eileeneb

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes?? - Papilio zelicaon - Male
100 Mile House, Cariboo Area, British Columbia, Canada
May 27, 2008
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Contributed by eileeneb on 28 May, 2008 - 12:05am
Last updated 12 January, 2009 - 12:55am

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… David J. Ferguson, 12 November, 2008 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

Papilio zelicaon
It is an Anise Swallowtail. The Oregon Swallowtail looks quite different (wings a bit different in shape, much more yellow, more yellow on body, dark spot mentioned on hind wing is a different shape, etc.), and may not range that far north (?). The Old World Swallowtail looks a bit different too, and the spot mentioned is more of a line in that species. In the Anise Swallowtail, that spot is quite often elongated a bit and connected to the inner edge, especially on the under side (even though some literature would have us believe not), but it is always large, rounded, and roughly centered in the orange/yellow area.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 September, 2008 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

Black
is eastern. This one is Anise Swallowtail HERE
… A.W. Thomas, 28 May, 2008 - 6:00am login or register to post comments

 
Black - Not
Perhaps not Anise either, as Anise requires that the black pupil spot be centered in the orange eye spot. Consider instead "Old World Swallowtail" (Papilio machaon), either the Baird's or Oregon subspecies, both of which occur in southern British Columbia. According to Kaufman's Field Guide, p. 32, this species overlaps with Anise. One of the ways you tell them apart is that in Old World: "Hindwing eyespot with oblong black patch along lower margin, no centered pupil." That characteristic seems to be true in your photo.
… Kay Loughman, 28 May, 2008 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

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