1. MAINE BUTTERFLIES

BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS

butterflies, moths and their caterpillars, pupae and chrysallis on flowers, in flight, standing and feeding on cultivated and wild flowers of Maine
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  • Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar, late August, Phippsburg Maine. The (eastern) black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) is also called the American swallowtail or Parsnip Swallowtail.
  • Red-spotted Purple (L. a. astyanax) butterfly ventral view, feeding on oregano flowers, seen in Phippsburg, Maine late August
  • Red-spotted Purple (L. a. astyanax) butterfly ventral view, feeding on oregano flowers, seen in Phippsburg, Maine late August
  • Papilio polyxenes, the Black Swallowtail butterfly is also called American swallowtail or Parsnip swallowtail. This one is male. Females have an irridescent blue band on the hind wing which this one lacks.   Mid July, Phippsburg, Maine. For more information about Black Swallowtails butterflies see <a href="http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-polyxenes">http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-polyxenes</a>
  • Papilio polyxenes, the Black Swallowtail butterfly is also called American swallowtail or Parsnip swallowtail. This one is male. Females have an irridescent blue band on the hind wing which this one lacks.   Mid July, Phippsburg, Maine. For more information about Black Swallowtails butterflies see <a href="http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-polyxenes">http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-polyxenes</a>
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