Iphiclides feisthamelii
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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Male
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Male underside
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Female
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Female underside
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Male side
The larva feeds on Prunus amygdalus (almond), P. persica (peach), P. insititia (a kind of plum), P. longipes, Pyrus communis (common pear), Malus domesticus (apple) and Crataegus oxyacantha.
References
[edit]- ^ Wiemers, M.; Gottsberger, B. (2010). "Discordant patterns of mitochondrial and nuclear differentiation in the Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 120 (3): 111–115.
External links
[edit]- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Iphiclides feisthamelii on Guy Padfield's Butterfly Page