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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Admirals, Sisters (Limenitidinae) » Admirals, Sisters and Sailors (Limenitidini) » Admirals & Viceroy (Limenitis) » White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple - Hodges#4522 (Limenitis arthemis) » Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
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Swallowtail - Limenitis arthemis
Copyright © 2014 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Swallowtail - Limenitis arthemis
Sparta Mountain WMA, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
June 21, 2014
I feel like this has to be a worn swallowtail, but for some reason I can't find this pattern (blue and orange, no yellow) in any of my books or on the guide pages. I think as soon as someone IDs it I'm going to turn to the right page and it's going to be staring me in the face, but for now I'm stumped.
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 6 August, 2014 - 6:58am
Last updated 7 August, 2014 - 5:34am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 7 August, 2014 - 5:34am login or register to post comments

Not a Swallowtail
It is a worn Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis arthemis astyanax.
Compare:
… Jeff Brown, 6 August, 2014 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

 
Aha! It's a Pipevine Swallowt
Aha! It's a Pipevine Swallowtail Mimic. I knew I must be missing something. :-)
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 7 August, 2014 - 5:35am login or register to post comments

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