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Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - male - female

Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - Male Female
Union Twp., Whitley County, Indiana, USA
July 25, 2018

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Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - male - female Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - male - female Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - male - female Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - male - female Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - male - female Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - male - female Mosaic Gynandromorph Papilio glaucus - Papilio glaucus - male - female

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Why is it a Gynandromorph? Aren’t both sides female (blue on the wings) just one with some yellow mixed in with the dark morph?

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