Iphiclides feisthamelii

Iphiclides feisthamelii
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this 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 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 and Tunisia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of I. podalirius.[1]

Description

  • Male
    Male
  • Male underside
    Male underside
  • Female
    Female
  • Female underside
    Female underside
  • Male side
    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

  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.


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