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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 » Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4176 (Papilio glaucus)
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Is this a Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)? - Papilio glaucus - female
Copyright © 2010 TheHackster

Is this a Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)? - Papilio glaucus - Female
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
September 11, 2010
Size: large
I think I snapped a pic of a Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly(Papilio troilus).

I think this website shows it: http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-species-page.asp?sp=Papilio-troilus

Do you all agree?

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Contributed by TheHackster on 11 September, 2010 - 6:25pm
Last updated 26 October, 2010 - 12:01am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 26 October, 2010 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 1 October, 2010 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Don't think so
I'm far from an expert, but in the field guide it seems closer to the dark form of the eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

… Marty R., 11 September, 2010 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail dark female
I agree. Definitely female Eastern Tiger (Papilio glaucus). I'm not an expert either, but I've seen and photographed this girl hundreds of times.
… Kelly Fiegle, 12 September, 2010 - 5:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much,
You both are so right. I searched for Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - female - dark form and what came up was EXACTLY like mine.

It is unreal how much my dark morph Eastern Tiger Swallowtail female resembles a Spicebush Swallowtail. I'm glad you two knew the difference.

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… TheHackster, 12 September, 2010 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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