Female. San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/20/12. © Robert Gorman |
Pipevine swallowtail Battus philenor Lepidoptera: Papilionidae
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Female. San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/20/12. © Robert Gorman | Female. San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/22/12. © Robert Gorman |
Female. San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/22/12. © Robert Gorman | |
Female. San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/16/12. © Robert Gorman | Female |
San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/16/12. © Robert Gorman | |
San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/19/12. © Robert Gorman |
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Larva. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 5/2/2010. © Ron Hemberger | Pupae. San Clemente, Orange County, CA. 7/2/12. © Robert Gorman |
Female? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger | Female? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger |
Female? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger | Female? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger |
Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger | Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger |
Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger | Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger |
Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger | Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/26/2010. © Ron Hemberger |
Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/27/2010. © Peter J. Bryant | Male? Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, CA. 4/27/2010. © Peter J. Bryant |
Bolsa Chica State Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA. 8/4/08. © Trude Hurd | |
Characteristics: A predominantly black, large butterfly with iridescent blue on DHW and VHW, and tails on the HW. Orange spots on VHW. Distinct from our other local swallowtails. Based on Orsak, L. J. (1977). The Butterflies of Orange County, California. Center for Pathobiology Miscellaneous Publication #3. University of California Press, New York. 349pp. with updates. Return to Butterflies and their larval foodplants |