Short-tailed Swallowtail,  Papilio brevicauda  <LEP9>

 

     This species occurs only in the Maritime region of Canada.  Like other black swallowtails, its larval host plants are in the carrot family.  Its color is very black, with yellow spots, giving each spot an orange flush toward the outer edge.  There is some blue between the yellow spot rows of the hindwing.