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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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Eastern Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Copyright © 2006 S Kassam

Eastern Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes
Ottawa, Gatineau Park, Ontario, Canada
May 1, 2006
Size: ~3 in.
This pair flew around quite a bit on a bright sunny spring day.

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Eastern Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes Eastern Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - male - female
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Contributed by S Kassam on 5 May, 2006 - 11:53am
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 6:14pm

Moved
Moved from Black Swallowtail.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Yes, Black Swallowtail -
the complete median band of orange spots on the underside of the hindwing, visible on the butterfly on the right in your second shot, is the key to this ID. Spicebush Swallowtail has a line with one spot missing, and on Pipevine Swallowtail the orange spots don't touch. I think those are the only two that could be confused with this, unless Canada has one I don't know about.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 5 May, 2006 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Eastern Black Swallowtail
Much appreciated.
Many thanks.
… S Kassam, 6 May, 2006 - 6:49am login or register to post comments

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