Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Typically around here I see tiger swallowtails, including the black phase usually female that looks very much like this. But not with two rows of dots on the wings, and not the polka-dotted body. This is an eastern black swallowtail, which I know I’ve seen around here before but didn’t realize that’s what it was. Very striking with all those dots!

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