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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus - female
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus - Female
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
September 10, 2005
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 19 September, 2005 - 7:35am
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 1:25pm

Female.
Just wanted to add that this is a female, as evidenced by the flush of blue on the hindwing. Males have little or no blue. In some populations, BLACK females dominate, being mimics of the pipevine swallowtail.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 September, 2005 - 11:08am

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