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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 » Canadian Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4183.2 (Papilio canadensis)
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freshly emerged Eastern Tiger Swallowtail? - Papilio canadensis
Copyright © 2012 James Reben

freshly emerged Eastern Tiger Swallowtail? - Papilio canadensis
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
May 27, 2012
I found this, apparently, just emerged in the lawn. I moved it to keep it from being mowed...
about 45 minutes later it was flying all around...

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Contributed by James Reben on 27 May, 2012 - 8:10pm
Last updated 17 July, 2012 - 1:28pm

Moved
Moved from Papilio.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 July, 2012 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… James Reben, 28 May, 2012 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)
Underneath the forewing, the yellow marginal band is continuous in the Canadian Tiger, and broken up into spots in the Eastern Tiger.

.........Canadian................Eastern..........
… Kelly Fiegle, 28 May, 2012 - 5:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the
i.d. I see what you mean about the band.
… James Reben, 28 May, 2012 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Swallowtails, Parnassians.
… James Reben, 27 May, 2012 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

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