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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 » Anise Swallowtail - Hodges#4167 (Papilio zelicaon)
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Anise swallowtail? - Papilio zelicaon
Copyright © 2014 Kelsey J.R.P. Byers

Anise swallowtail? - Papilio zelicaon
Mount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 19, 2014
Kept flying small circles, then returning to perch on the the same small conifers and plants of Polygonum newberryi. Male on patrol? Sorry for the cruddy images?

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Anise swallowtail? - Papilio zelicaon Anise swallowtail? - Papilio zelicaon
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Contributed by Kelsey J.R.P. Byers on 21 July, 2014 - 7:35pm
Last updated 27 July, 2014 - 11:17pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 27 July, 2014 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

yes. Papilio polyxenes
They're similar to P. oregonius, but darker and not as broad-winged. Also, P. oregonius is found in drier habitat, east of the Cascades.
… Joe, 21 July, 2014 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry for my confusion - I th
Sorry for my confusion - I thought P. polyxenes was the Black Swallowtail, while the Anise is P. zelicaon? Which one do you think it is?

Thanks for the comment on P. oregonius as well.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 21 July, 2014 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
You're correct
sorry for the confusion. It is P. zelicaon.
… Joe, 22 July, 2014 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID!
Thanks for the ID!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 22 July, 2014 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

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