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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 » Black Swallowtail - Hodges#4159 (Papilio polyxenes) » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius)
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Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - male
Copyright © 2010 alilo6

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - Male
Linton, Greene County, Indiana, USA
August 20, 2010
Photo taken in the same area as the Painted Lady. This one would not hold still for long! Is the Black Swallowtail and Eastern Black Swallowtail sub-species of the same butterfly? Is this a Black Swallowtail? PS - Just FYI - I am a birder, but have really gotten into butterflies, moths and dragonflies!
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Contributed by alilo6 on 22 August, 2010 - 7:16am
Last updated 6 October, 2010 - 12:43am

Moved
Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 October, 2010 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… Jason D. Roberts, 14 September, 2010 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 4 September, 2010 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Black Swallowtail (male)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Black Swallowtail and Eastern Black Swallowtail are just two different names for exactly the same species, not different sub-species.
… Kelly Fiegle, 22 August, 2010 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

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