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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 - male
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - Male
Elberta, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
June 25, 2008
Newly emerged Black Swallowtail on Passiflora serratifolia
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 19 November, 2008 - 7:05am
Last updated 29 May, 2015 - 7:36pm

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

He offers proof
that fat can be beautiful :-) Sorry, couldn't resist.

My first reaction, because of the heftiness, was that it's female; however, the abdomen probably still retained leftover fluids that hadn't been expelled yet. Soon after this photo was taken, he probably looked much slimmer. The claspers (or at least one of them) are visible at the end of the abdomen, meaning male.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 November, 2008 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

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