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Papilio polyxenes coloro W. G. Wright, 1905
(Desert Swallowtail)

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Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio zelicaon coloro)
[USA: CALIFORNIA: Colorado Desert, Riverside Co., Whitewater Hill, Coachella Valley] [CAS]
photographed December 2010

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio zelicaon coloro)
[USA: CALIFORNIA: Colorado Desert, Riverside Co., Whitewater Hill, Coachella Valley] [CAS]
photographed December 2010

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form comstocki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Clark Mtn., Mojave Desert, 10-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form comstocki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Clark Mtn., Mojave Desert, 10-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form comstocki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Clark Mtn., Mojave Desert, 10-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form comstocki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., ex pupa 12-IX-1935 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form comstocki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., ex pupa 12-IX-1935 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form comstocki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., ex pupa 12-IX-1935 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form clarki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form clarki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (HOLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form clarki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., 9-IX-1934 [LACM]


 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form clarki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., ex pupa 12-VIII-1935 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form clarki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., ex pupa 12-VIII-1935 [LACM]

 

Papilio polyxenes coloro (ALLOTYPE of Papilio rudkini form clarki)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Ivanpah Mtns., ex pupa 12-VIII-1935 [LACM]

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