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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 » Anise Swallowtail - Hodges#4167 (Papilio zelicaon) » Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon nitra)
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Butterfly Larvae to ID - Papilio zelicaon
Copyright © 2008 Kildale

Butterfly Larvae to ID - Papilio zelicaon
Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada
September 18, 2008
I thought this could be the Anise but it has these white bands, ID would be appreciated.
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Contributed by Kildale on 27 September, 2008 - 8:27pm
Last updated 12 November, 2008 - 1:11am

Moved
Moved from Papilio.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 November, 2008 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

This looks like...
... a Black Swallowtail caterpillar, Papilio polyxenes.
… Carmen Champagne, 27 September, 2008 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Larva
Thank you for the info Carmen, it is appreciated.
… Kildale, 27 September, 2008 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Should be Anise
I'm not aware of a way to tell apart caterpillars of Black and Anise (short of rearing them to adults), though such may exist. The coloring of the larvae varies similarly in both species, and this one looks pretty typical of both. P. polyxenes is not recorded from that area, but P. zelicaon is, so that makes it pretty nearly certain that it is an Anise caterpillar.
… David J. Ferguson, 28 September, 2008 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

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