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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4176 (Papilio glaucus)
Photo#196933
Copyright © 2008
Stacy Bosarge
Butterfly -
Papilio glaucus
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Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama, USA
June 28, 2008
I think this is a monarch but I am not sure it landed on my hand long enough for my husband to get a couple shots, I wanted to see other opinions
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Contributed by
Stacy Bosarge
on 2 July, 2008 - 11:47pm
Last updated 12 July, 2008 - 10:24am
Looks like Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
I love these guys!
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Christina Swan
, 2 July, 2008 - 11:50pm
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cool
I just looked them up and it looks like there is a yellow and dark variety I may have a picture of the dark. I will post it to see if it is the same species.
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Stacy Bosarge
, 3 July, 2008 - 12:02am
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this is a male, Eastern Tiger (Papilio glaucus)
Hi, Christina gave you an accurate ID, it's an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail--it's not the dark form, as that's always in females. Males have only a small amount of blue coloration on the hindwing at the base of the tail, females have more extensive blue on the hindwing. (Brock & Kaufman pp.20-21)
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Nina
, 3 July, 2008 - 11:03am
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