A butterfly I captured a picture of in my garden.

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cceamore Hixson, TN(Zone 7a) Sep 08, 2004

A butterfly I captured a picture of in my garden.

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salvia_lover Modi'in, Israel Sep 08, 2004

Oooo another of the famous Black Swallowtail! Oklahoma's favorite butterfly! :-)

http://www.holoweb.com/cannon/black4.htm

Gorgeous photo cceamore!

-Julie

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Sep 09, 2004

Sorry Salvia_lover, but No. Close to the Black Swallowtail, but this one is the Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus
http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Papilio_troilus
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/tn/mor716.htm

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salvia_lover Modi'in, Israel Sep 09, 2004

Well SHOOT! ;-)

edited to say:

Yes I see it now...the Black doesn't have nearly as much orange. Thanks! :-)


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