Is this a pipevine swallowtail? This one is tapping the bat-faced cuphea; the pipevine under the holly is undisturbed.
A parade of butterflies this year! A lot of monarchs, in contrast to the past three years; we’ve had some Gulf fritillaries, and various sulfurs. The penta seems to be a major stopping point for hairstreaks and other small butterflies.
We’ve had a few tiger swallowtails.
And this one pictured above. it seems to have the spots of a pipevine swallowtail, but there are no swallowtails!
Did they wear off in migrating?
Are we misidentifying it?
Pipevine swallowtail (?) from the underside, still on the cuphea. Can we erase the question mark? Sunlight emphasizes the blue on the underwing. Photos copyright by Ed Darrell, Creative Commons. Please use, with attribution.
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 
Impressive photos! We seem to have a lot of butterflies lately too.
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