Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on November 18th, 2013.
Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly
I took this photo of a beautiful swallowtail butterfly in Winton Woods Park in Hamilton County, Ohio.... more
Title
Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly
Artist
Phyllis Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I took this photo of a beautiful swallowtail butterfly in Winton Woods Park in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera.
The forked appearance of the swallowtails' hind wings, which can be seen when the butterfly is resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name swallowtail.
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November 18th, 2013
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