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Apr 24, 2014 2:08 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Nice, but I don't think that's a Black Swallowtail. They have a distinct black dot within the orange cell at the base of their hind wings. You have either a Spicebush, or depending on the size, I might even lean toward a female dark-form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

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