Butterflies of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance
Butterflies of NC Butterflies of North Carolina Database
record
Common Name County Date Observer(s) Number Comments
1 Palamedes Swallowtail Chatham 2007-08-06 Stephen Tillotson 1 Only one seen all season, gliding around Ebenezer Boat Ramp parking lot, then fluttered over the open lake. Recognized by dark almost all black wings with single thin band of sharply contrasting vibrant yellow spots along outer edge of wings. The specium did not land, however its flight was slow enough to view the band of thin yellow spots and the yellow filled swallow tail through binoculars. No blue or orange was present: ruling out a black or more common spicebush.