Iphiclides feisthamelii
Iphiclides feisthamelii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Iphiclides |
Species: | I. feisthamelii
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Binomial name | |
Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)
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Iphiclides feisthamelii, the southern scarce swallowtail, southern swallowtail or Iberian scarce swallowtail, is a butterfly found in Italy, Slovenia, southern France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of I. podalirius.[1]
Description[]
Male
Male underside
Female
Female underside
Male side
The larva feeds on Prunus amygdalus (almond), P. persica (peach), P. insititia (a kind of plum), , Pyrus communis (common pear), Malus domesticus (apple) and Crataegus oxyacantha.
References[]
External links[]
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Iphiclides feisthamelii on Guy Padfield's Butterfly Page
Categories:
- Iphiclides
- Butterflies described in 1832
- Papilionidae stubs