Pale Swallowtail Locket Pacific Northwest Natives Choose hindwing

Choose hindwing

Adults are attracted to honeysuckle and Four O'clock flowers

dorsal side on front and ventral side on back

The seven specimens as pictured

Pale Swallowtail Locket Pacific Northwest Natives Choose hindwingPale Swallowtail Double Sided Stainless Steel Locket Papilio eurymedon This common black and white butterfly is sometimes mistaken for the Zebra Swallowtail of Eastern North America. However, it's size and coloration on closer examination really set it apart with hints of blue and red within the wing structures. There is one spring early summer flight in Oregon, where one can witness hundreds on male butterflies drinking water at mud puddles and