Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 111, 1 by nutsaboutnature

nutsaboutnature wrote:
Thanks Guys!

Vitrsna, I believe the Mocker Swallowtail is from Africa. From all the info and pictures I've found from different sources, it appears to have quite a few variations. It sounds like the variations are in females. I think the males are tailed and don't vary.

My picture below is another variation of a female, also from Chicago Botanic Garden.

The following links are obviously just a few of the tons out there. I think it's fascinating that one butterfly has up to 14 variations!

http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Africa - Papilio dardan...

http://www.chicagobotanic.org/butterflies/mocker_swallowtail

http://en.butterflycorner.net/Papilio-dardanus-African-Swall...

If you go to photo sites like PBase or Flickr it's amazing how many of those variations people have photographed.

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