Iphiclides feisthamelii

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Iphiclides feisthamelii
Iphiclides feisthamelii female.jpg
Female
Iphiclides feisthamelii male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Iphiclides
Species:
I. feisthamelii
Binomial name
Iphiclides feisthamelii
(Duponchel, 1832)

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[]

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.

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