Iphiclides feisthamelii

Taxobox
name = Southern Swallowtail


image_width = 300px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Ditrysia
familia = Papilionidae
subfamilia = Papilioninae
genus = "Iphiclides"
species = "I. feisthamelii "
binomial = "Iphiclides feisthamelii "
binomial_authority = (Duponchel, 1832)

The Scarce Swallowtail ("Iphiclides podalirius") is a butterfly found in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The larva feeds on on "Prunus amygdalus" , "P. persica"," P.insitia", P. "longpipes", "Pyrus communis", "Malus domesticus" and "Crataegus oxyacantha".

External Link

* [http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/IphicFeist.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa]