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Papilio glaucus - Papilio canadensis - female

Papilio glaucus - Papilio canadensis - Female
Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
June 20, 2014
Is this P. glaucus? If so, it is further north in Minnesota than usual. I've seen several, at least, in the last ten days.

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Papilio glaucus - Papilio canadensis - female Papilio glaucus - Papilio canadensis - female

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looks more like a female Papilio canadensis
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail. The two are closely related, and P. canadensis has been treated as a subspecies of P. glaucus by some authors; however, most consider them to be distinct.

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