{"id":174223,"date":"2026-04-10T04:31:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=174223"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:31:03","slug":"male-pipevine-swallowtail-butterfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2026\/04\/10\/male-pipevine-swallowtail-butterfly-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f11, 1\/800, ISO 640, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I had multiple butterflies in my viewfinder, including this gorgeous male Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.<\/p>\n

I’m so delighted to be seeing so many butterflies again after missing them all winter long. There were several species of butterflies in the wildflower patch I found this one in.<\/p>\n

My biggest challenge was trying to pick a single butterfly to focus on because there were so many. Then waiting for a fully opened wing position to show off the blue-green iridescence on the wings took me quite sometime.<\/p>\n

Pipevine Swallowtails<\/span><\/a> are showing up in large numbers right now at the refuge. I find them by looking for wildflowers that are in bloom and then waiting for the butterflies to warm up and seek out their breakfast of nectar.<\/p>\n

Opportunities for photographing other butterfly species at the refuge are amazing, and when I have time I will share more of them here.<\/p>\n

While photographing migrating and resident birds at the refuge, I’m also drawn to reptiles, mammals, amphibians, spiders, and insects. Nature is amazing, vibrant, and ever so fascinating.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my insect and spider images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I had multiple butterflies in my viewfinder, including this gorgeous male Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13973,15548,13974],"tags":[4004,15575,14190,13984,6041,6042,4040,4062,6044,15573,15574,165,12003,12004],"class_list":["post-174223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma","category-pipevine-swallowtail-butterflies","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-battus-philenor","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest","tag-bottomlands","tag-butterflies","tag-butterfly","tag-feeding","tag-male","tag-nectaring","tag-pipevine-swallowtail","tag-pipevine-swallowtail-butterfly","tag-spring","tag-swallowtail","tag-swallowtails"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pipevine-swallowtail-male-sequoyah-nwr-mia-mcpherson-4096.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-Jk3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132509,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/08\/16\/more-new-butterflies-at-sequoyah-nwr\/","url_meta":{"origin":174223,"position":0},"title":"More New Butterflies At Sequoyah NWR!","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, when I shared the pale young Raccoon, I mentioned that I also photographed some butterflies at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. 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