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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 © 2011 Ed McAskill

Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - Female
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 16, 2011
i thought this would be easy until i saw other examples of this species of butterfly
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Contributed by Ed McAskill on 16 July, 2011 - 6:46pm
Last updated 16 July, 2011 - 10:20pm

a female Black Swallowtail (= Dill Worm, etc.)
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 16 July, 2011 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Papilio Polyxenes
A black swallow tail?

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail? The Eastern Tigers have a dark morph that mimics the Spicebush Swallowtail.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/347/bgpage
… Mr. Johan Maertens, 16 July, 2011 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Out east
I always ask myself "Why isn't it a Black Swallowtail?"
… Steve Pelikan, 16 July, 2011 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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