Aberrant Papilio polyxenes

[Grkovich, Alex]

Mark,
 
First, where's the specimen from??? Second, I have taken at least one female specimen of (what I suppose is?) polyxenes here in northeast Massachusetts which looks a lot like polyxenes but has the machaon "type" orange HW anal spot, same as in your specimen...
 
I have also taken "polyxenes" here in New England with the black spot on the margin inside the orange HW anal spot and not centered as it "should" be in polyxenes. I have also found this feature in specimens from at least New Orleans LA, San Antonio TX etc. and in both sexes. On April 30 at Meriden CT I took such a specimen, a male, with not only the black spot on the margin but with the yellow spotbands extremely wide, almost 1/2 way developed on the HW. 
 
Re Mark's specimen again, Scott has a nice photo of P. kahlii in his book (Howe illustrates tis also)...Kahlii of course is polyxnes vs. machaon in Manitoba...
 
Alex 

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From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu on behalf of Stan Gorodenski
Sent: Sat 7/8/2006 1:13 AM
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Subject: Re: Aberrant Papilio polyxenes



I can't answer your question but it sure is a beauty.
Stan

Glaucus wrote:

>Hi all,
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>I just netted this amazing aberrant. Has anyone ever seen one like it
>before? It looks like a polyxenes going near machaon!
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