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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4176 (Papilio glaucus)
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Copyright © 2010
John E Flannery
Black Swallowtail -
Papilio glaucus
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Ellerbe, Richmon County, North Carolina, USA
August 3, 2010
I believe this is a female black Tiger Swallowtail. Someone else says it is an Eastern Black Swallowtail.
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John E Flannery
on 24 December, 2010 - 7:25am
Last updated 4 June, 2011 - 12:16pm
How I tell them apart
The Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) has a black "pupil" within the orange eyespot on the hindwing, and the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), like yours, does not.
Black Swallowtail:
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Kelly Fiegle
, 25 December, 2010 - 6:11am
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Kevin Hall
, 24 December, 2010 - 12:06pm
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Papilio glaucus
A dark form but I think this is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail same as your other photo.
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Livan
, 24 December, 2010 - 9:55am
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