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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
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Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus
Copyright © 2009 Dan Leeder

Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus
Camden County, New Jersey, USA
August 19, 2009

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Contributed by Dan Leeder on 19 August, 2009 - 12:21pm
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 10:25pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Dan Leeder, 19 August, 2009 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
compare yours to this side view of black s.t.
Here's a nice shot to show you the difference:


on black swallowtail
1) there's more orange spotting on the top row of spots,
2) there is no break in the orange spots, whereas on the spicebush there intrusion of the bluish white speckling into the upper row
3) there are white spots in the lower row of spots whereas if you look at the spicebush, those same spots are fully orange.
… Nina, 19 August, 2009 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

 
!
Thanks Nina
… Dan Leeder, 19 August, 2009 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

nope, it's a Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio trolius
… Nina, 19 August, 2009 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

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