Iphiclides feisthamelii

Iphiclides feisthamelii
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

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.

External links

• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Iphiclides feisthamelii on Guy Padfield's Butterfly Page