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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 » Black Swallowtail - Hodges#4159 (Papilio polyxenes) » Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius)
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??Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - female
Copyright © 2018 Jackie Rosales

??Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - Female
Danville/garden, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA
August 14, 2018
Size: 4"
This looks a lot like a Black Swallowtail, but usually, a Black Swallowtail has extra orange spots on the inner row of spots on the hindwing..

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??Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - female ??Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - female
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Contributed by Jackie Rosales on 14 August, 2018 - 10:23am
Last updated 14 August, 2018 - 10:53pm

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