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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 » Spicebush Swallowtail - Hodges#4181 (Papilio troilus)
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Species Papilio troilus - Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus - female
Copyright © 2006 Bill Claff

Species Papilio troilus - Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio troilus - Female
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
August 5, 2006
I'm sure this is obvious but I didn't find it in my pass through the Guide.
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Contributed by Bill Claff on 10 September, 2006 - 10:38am
Last updated 25 August, 2010 - 12:53am

the Flutterby
That is a very lovely shot of a Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes).
… Keri, 10 September, 2006 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

 
Close, but
I believe this is actually a Pipevine Swallowtail - it is missing one spot in the median orange spot-band (third spot in from the abdomen, replaced by a blue smudge). For a comparison of all the look-alikes see the Black Swallowtail info page, and for a Spicebush to compare, see below:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 10 September, 2006 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Close again!
It's actually a Spicebush (P. troilus). Spicebush is the one with the missing red spot in the HW submedian. Pipevine only has one row of red spots on HW and would not show obvious spotting on the upperside.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 10 September, 2006 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
I linked to the right picture but wrote the wrong name. I got it right further down in the paragraph, though. D'oh!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 10 September, 2006 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Keri, thanks for the quick ID. - Bill
… Bill Claff, 10 September, 2006 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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