Spicebush Swallowtail

What: Papilio troilus

Sex: Male

City: Houston, Texas

County: Harris

How: While flying over a wildflower filled field

When: April 2001

Who: Robert J. Nuelle, III

Comments: We didn't realize this was a different species until we noticed the two bands of orange spots on the ventral side, otherwise we would have pinned our first specimen Dorsal side up!