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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Birdwings, Cattlehearts and Aristolochia Swallowtails (Troidini) » Battus » Pipevine Swallowtail - Hodges#4157 (Battus philenor) » 'California' Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor hirsuta)
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Blue/Black Butterfly - Pipevine Swallowtail? - Battus philenor
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Blue/Black Butterfly - Pipevine Swallowtail? - Battus philenor
Redding, Shasta County, California, USA
July 7, 2013
Based on browsing a lot of images, this looks like the Pipevine Swallowtail, but I don't really see the two tail things from the back wings... so maybe it's not? Can someone help me with this one? Thanks!

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Blue/Black Butterfly - Pipevine Swallowtail? - Battus philenor Blue/Black Butterfly - Pipevine Swallowtail? - Battus philenor
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Contributed by BugShots on 9 July, 2013 - 1:26am
Last updated 19 June, 2018 - 1:11pm

Moved
Moved from Pipevine Swallowtail.
… Bill Reynolds, 19 June, 2018 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 25 July, 2013 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

Yes, looks like
a Pipevine but old and worn. Also when a predator like a bird or lizard go after prey they usually go for the head. The spots and tails on a butterfly look like eyes and antennae which the predators go after and they just break off letting the butterfly fly another day.
… Thomas Dawson Twining, 9 July, 2013 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

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