# 10273

Polydamas Swallowtail
(Battus polydamas)

Family: Papilionidae
Sub Family: Papilioninae

This beautiful Polydamas Swallowtail perched perfectly on the verbena flowers, something they usually wouldn`t do. These swallowtails usually quiver intensely as they nectar and bound about maddly from flower to flower. Usually found in Florida and Texas.

Hosts: Pipevines (Aristolochia).

Photo taken on 06/13/2000 at the Carolina Pavillion Butterfly House in Durham, NC