# 10213

Black Swallowtail
(Papilio polyxenes)

Family: Papilionidae
Sub Family: Papilioninae

Here`s a freshly emerged swallowtail is on a red zinnia in my garden.. This is a very suburban species and is adaptive to urban environments and is very widespread.

Hosts: Fennel, Parsley, Carrot and other umbellifera species.

Photo taken on 8/20/99 at my garden in Orange County, NC

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