Iphiclides feisthamelii

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Iphiclides feisthamelii
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Female
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Male
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Iphiclides
Species:
I. feisthamelii
Binomial name
Iphiclides feisthamelii
(Duponchel, 1832)
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Iphiclides feisthamelii en Aragon

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 Tunisia and Serbia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of I. podalirius . [1]

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Description

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

  1. 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.