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Papilio polyxenes - male
Copyright © 2007 David J. Ferguson

Papilio polyxenes - Male
Tierra Grande, Valencia County, New Mexico, USA
June 4, 2006
This yellow form is rare here, and looks just like P. polyxenes coloro. In spring 2006 I saw this one plus two others in April, but in 2007, though the species was very common, I saw none.

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Papilio polyxenes - male Papilio polyxenes - male Papilio polyxenes - male
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 11 November, 2007 - 11:04pm
Last updated 5 December, 2012 - 10:40pm

Moved
Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 6 October, 2010 - 12:20pm

It is very tempting to put this with ssp. coloro,
but the much more common black form that this flies with are typical ssp. asterius, so it seems it has to be called a rare yellow form of that subspecies.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm

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