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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
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Mimosa Butterfly - Papilio multicaudata - female
Copyright © 2006 greenfeet

Mimosa Butterfly - Papilio multicaudata - Female
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
June 11, 2006
Taken at the Botanical Garden in Albuquerque NM.
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Contributed by greenfeet on 28 March, 2009 - 8:42am
Last updated 10 July, 2009 - 11:20pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 10 July, 2009 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

I suspect
I saw the same girl on the same little tree this afternoon.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 July, 2009 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

very nice.
I recognize it because I get them all the time in our mimosa tree.
… e. fosdick, 7 April, 2009 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Swallowtail.
Nice shot of a "two-tailed swallowtail," Papilio multicaudata. You captured a rare event: one pausing from its usually infinite flight:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 March, 2009 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

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