I am currently looking for the species of this butterfly. However, not knowing how to even begin identifying butterflies limits me. I went to a site that you picked from these various categories. I did that. Checked off Virginia as a range. Obviously I didn't type something correct because this butterfly didn't come up in the seventeen possibilities. I will do more research (I believe it is a swallowtail of some form) but I wanted to post this pretty picture anyway.
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I am thinking that this is a Spicebush Swallowtail.. I think your picture is of the underside, not the topside. Also, note that the orange spots in your picture are pairs (one of the outer edge, one further in, with the blue color separating the orange spots), except for the orange spot right next to the "tails" (only one orange spot here, not a pair). This one exception in the pattern of orange spots appears to be a good indicator that you have a Spicebush. Of course, I came up with all of this in a mere 15 minutes of staring at pictures. I could be way off :-)
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