Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamus)

[Joseph Przybyla]

Kaufman in the Field Guide To Butterflies Of North America describes this butterfly as "A dark, tailless speices of tropical affinity found throughout the Carribean region and tropical America". It is classified as a Swallowtail while lacking the distinctive tails. I captured this image as the butterfly worked the blossoms of a Firebush (Hamelis patens) plant in my backyard. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 720 Auto 1 WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation