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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) » Desert Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes coloro)
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Swallowtail butterfly, - Papilio polyxenes
Copyright © 2020 Dominic Sherony

Swallowtail butterfly, - Papilio polyxenes
Maricopa/Wickenburg/Hassayampa River Preserve, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 10, 2020
It is found on the muddy edges of the Hassayampa River.I see this butterfly there year after year. By habitat, it is most likely Anise Swallowtail. The spots on the hindwing seem to favor Desert Black Swallowtail which also favors drier habitats from what I have read.

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Swallowtail butterfly, - Papilio polyxenes Swallowtail butterfly, - Papilio polyxenes
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Contributed by Dominic Sherony on 11 April, 2020 - 7:35pm
Last updated 6 September, 2023 - 3:39pm

state does not belong in the city field, pease correct
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