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Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus OR Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor? - Papilio polyxenes - female

Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus OR Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor? - Papilio polyxenes - Female
Prescott- Watson Woods Riparian Preserve , Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
June 14, 2016
Size: ~10 cm wing spread
Adult with old damaged wings, flying in a riparian corridor and feeding off Scotch Thistle.

Desert Black Swallowtail female
cropped for ID and archiving

Moved from ID Request.

Swallowtail
I'm not sure if they even get to your area, but this looks like Black Swallowtail to me. The black-centred red spot in the bottom corner of the hindwing underside eliminates both Spicebush and Pipevine, I believe. There is the possibility of one of the dark forms of Old World Swallowtail (eg. "Baird's Swallowtail); I'm afraid I've very little experience with those, being from the east.

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