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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails (Troidini) » Battus » Pipevine Swallowtail - Hodges#4157 (Battus philenor)
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Battus philenor? - Battus philenor
Copyright © 2011 KW

Battus philenor? - Battus philenor
Sarita, Kenedy County, Texas, USA
April 17, 2011
Size: ~1.5 inches
Found crawling on sandy soil at the Hwy 77 rest stop ~ 7 miles S of Sarita, TX. Pretty sure it is B. philendor, but not sure if other species of Battus have similarly colored larvae as B. philendor or not.
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Contributed by KW on 23 April, 2011 - 1:48pm
Last updated 29 August, 2011 - 7:50pm

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Pipevine Swallowtail
It looks like a Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) to me. The closely related Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas) doesn't seem to have the same coloration in the early instars.

Pipevine: Polydamas:
… Kelly Fiegle, 24 April, 2011 - 5:12am login or register to post comments

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