Papilio palamedes
Mating butterflies: Female (left); Male (right)
These swallowtails were observed near orange azaleas in full bloom.
It is reported that the male often flies behind the female to disperse his
pheromones (Source; Rick Cech and Guy Tudor (2005) Butterflies of the East Coast.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. ISBN 0-691-09055-6
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
11300 US Highway 98
Coastal Alabama