Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1203615

Indra Swallowtail
Papilio indra

Observation date: April 28, 2019
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Warm day mid 70's mostly sunny Light wind 8 mph Changing to cloudy and light rain in late night early am
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: April 30, 2019
Coordinator notes: Subspecies pergamus-Great going, wish I had collected some of those. I once saw one in Chino Canyon near Palm Springs in 1977. After our indra conversation last night, I unexpectantly collected one today, a phyllisae in mint condition.-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, San Diego County