The Black Beauty

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Short-tailed Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio indra)

Spotted on Bridge Point in Red Rocks, Nevada.

These butterflies can been seen in mountain ranges, deserts and canyonlands of all
western states of the US.

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banzai.barbara	oohhh,
Voted 10/10	i like this one so much, never happened to me to see any of these black swallowtails...only the "yellow version" of them or something quite similar...
	Posted Jun 8, 2007 1:01 pm


	Anya Jingle	Re: oohhh,
	Hasn't voted	Thank you for the vote Barbara. It is very similar here. I see the 'yellow version' much more often than these. Have a nice weekend :)
		Posted Jun 8, 2007 11:12 pm

EwaPaduch

Phantastic!!!!

Hasn't voted

Very professioonal pictures!!!Congratulations!!!!:)

Posted Sep 23, 2007 11:43 am


	Anya Jingle	Re: Phantastic!!!!
	Hasn't voted	Thank you Ewa :) I look forward to seeing more of your photos. Greetings, Anya.
		Posted Sep 24, 2007 1:37 am

lcarreau

Nice Butterfly...

Voted 10/10

Yes, I spotted this on the Canyonlands page. Just to say, I've seen it many times in Utah and Arizona. AND, each time I see it, FEEL like I'm seeing it for the first time. BEAUTIFUL !!!
But ... isn't that just like a butterfly ?

Posted Oct 12, 2007 11:55 pm


	Anya Jingle	Re: Nice Butterfly...
	Hasn't voted	Lucky you. I see these very seldom, even more seldom than the Queens and Monarchs.
		Posted Oct 13, 2007 1:16 am