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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 » Two-tailed Swallowtail - Hodges#4178 (Papilio multicaudata)
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Caterpillar - Papilio multicaudata
Copyright © 2015 Vivian Rogers

Caterpillar - Papilio multicaudata
Texas, USA
August 1, 2015
I don't know much about this one. Any help would be appreciated.
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Contributed by Vivian Rogers on 10 September, 2015 - 10:33am
Last updated 14 September, 2015 - 12:27pm

Location
Please add your city and county in the location field.
… Kyhl Austin, 14 September, 2015 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 September, 2015 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Two-tailed
You don't say where in TX but by looking at this guy I'm thinking west TX. This is a pre-pupil Two-tailed swallowtail - Pterourus multicaudatus. There is some other spellings on the species name. This is one of the most magnificent butterflies in NA. The extra eye spot between the big eye spots on the cats shoulder is not found in the Eastern Tiger swallowtail.

However - if there is Pale or Western Tiger swallowtails in your area - this could also be one of them. But most likely Two-tailed.
… Dave Rogers, 10 September, 2015 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

 
Yes - Papilio multicaudatus…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 10 September, 2015 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

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