Iphiclides feisthamelii | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
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 or southern swallowtail, is a butterfly found in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Male
Male underside
Female
Female underside
The larva feeds on Prunus amygdalus, P. persica, P. insitia, P. longpipes, Pyrus communis, Malus domesticus and Crataegus oxyacantha.