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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 » Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4183.2 (Papilio canadensis)
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Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis - female
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

Swallowtail - Papilio canadensis - Female
Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
June 14, 2008

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 16 June, 2008 - 2:10pm
Last updated 17 June, 2008 - 11:46am

Moved
Moved from Papilio.
… Peter Cristofono, 17 June, 2008 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

Male Tiger Swallowtail
It appears to be a male specimen of a Tiger Swallowtail. Both Eastern and Canadian Tiger Swallowtails greatly resemble each other, but yours most resembles the pictures of Canadian Tiger Swallowtails in my Butterfly book. I think the telling feature is that the inner marginal area of the upperside of the hindwing of a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail has a wider black stripe than in the same location for an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, where it is much thinner. And, in yours, this stripe appears to be larger than would be normally found on an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 16 June, 2008 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you Kenneth, I was thinking Canadian Tiger too, but wasn't sure. But don't the blue spots on the upperside indicate a female?
… Peter Cristofono, 16 June, 2008 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Blue Spots
Sorry, but I did not notice the blue spots on the upperside. You're absolutely correct that it indicates a female. I apologise for that!
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 16 June, 2008 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

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