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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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Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - female
Copyright © 2008 Ted Kropiewnicki

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - Female
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
July 19, 2008
On Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii 'Pink Delight').
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Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 27 July, 2008 - 10:43pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm

Moved
Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Everyone!
I am going with Black Swallowtail; DE needs to get on the map. :)
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 28 July, 2008 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

Yes
It's a B.S.
… Bobby Grizzard, 27 July, 2008 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Isn't it actually
The SpiceBush Swallowtail? I'm no expert, but that's what I'm thinking.
… Illia-Shaundra Chavez, 28 July, 2008 - 2:15am login or register to post comments

 
No, the Spicebush has one missing spot in the median row
see guide, and below. Also see Black Swallowtail page for a comparison of all the other look-alikes. : )

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 28 July, 2008 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

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