Butterfly #19 — Zebra Swallowtail

eurytides marcellus

Friday, June 11, 2004 — 11:40 am

Perryville, Kentucky – Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site

I made a fast-paced trip around one of the trails on the battlefield.

I would have liked to have had time to follow the Zebra Swallowtail. As it was, I saw it zip past, low over the long grass and disappear under some trees along a country road. It was only in view for a few seconds, but it was unmistakable. It was obviously a swallowtail, and was large and strikingly black and white.

I took these photos in Arkansas some years later.

Zebra Swallowtail — Devil's Den State Park, Ark — 3/27/08

Zebra Swallowtail — Devil's Den State Park, Ark — 3/27/08

Zebra Swallowtails — Devil's Den State Park, Ark — 3/27/08

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