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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)
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Anise swallowtail for California in July - Papilio zelicaon
Copyright © 2005 Ron Hemberger

Anise swallowtail for California in July - Papilio zelicaon
Peters Canyon, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
July 21, 2005
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 5 September, 2006 - 11:37pm
Last updated 6 September, 2006 - 8:22pm

Moved
Moved from Giant Swallowtail.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 September, 2006 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Not Giant
Looks more like Anise (P. zelicaon).
… Cliff Bernzweig, 6 September, 2006 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for setting me straight
I IDed this a year ago before I had any idea of what I was doing. Still, I should have had more sense than to post without looking closely. The Giants are rare here, and I thought the yellow body was a distinguishing mark. Guess I was too eager.

(BTW, there are four swallowtails in this county: Giant, Anise, Western Tiger, and Pale.)
… Ron Hemberger, 6 September, 2006 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

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