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Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes - male

Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes - Male
Pontotoc Ridge Preserve, Johnston County, Oklahoma, USA
August 25, 2013

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Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes - male Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes - male Giant Swallowtail - Papilio cresphontes - male

Moved

Moved

 
Why rumiko??
Why was this set of images moved to Western Giant Swallowtail without comment? This individual seems to show most/all of the marks Shiraiwa et al (2014) listed for Eastern Giant, vis., a 4th marginal FW yellow spot (tiny), a small black FW spot, dotted yellow line on head/thorax, and a curved (i.e. bent) rear margin to the median HW yellow band underneath. Their data and maps seem to show clearly that cresphontes is expected in OK and rumiko is confined primarily to the S and SW of there (with one CO record).

 
Chuck, I agree with you and t
Chuck, I agree with you and to be sure, I emailed Koji Shiraiwa, and he said they look like cresphontes. Here's what he said, "Curved black median bad on hindwings, spotted yellow thorax band, scalloped forewing and yellow spots, weak eye spot on forewing tips. These are all typical cresphontes characteristics." I'll move them back to cresphontes.

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