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Species Papilio polyxenes - Black Swallowtail

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths

Superfamily Papilionoidea - Butterflies (excluding skippers)

Family Papilionidae - Swallowtails, Parnassians

Subfamily Papilioninae

Genus Papilio

Species polyxenes - Black Swallowtail

Subspecies coloro - Desert Black Swallowtail
Subspecies asterias - Black Swallowtail

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