Washington DC Arthropod Biodiversity Project Papilionidae...Battus...philenor

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Battus philenor
Common Name: Pipevine Swallowtail

Country: USA
State/District: WV
County: Tucker
Date (D-M-Y): 9 - 2002

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Monongahela National Forest

Keywords: A FEFT black butterfly blue butterfly Monongahela National Forest not applicableWest Virginia
Additional Information:

This male Pipevine Swallowtail is sipping nectar from Cardinal Flower in the bed of the Black Fork River. A tattored female Pipevine Swallowtail was also in the area. Please click here for more information about Monongahela National Forest.