Iphiclides feisthamelii

Iphiclides feisthamelii
Female
Male
Scientific classification
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 or southern swallowtail, is a butterfly found in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

Description

The larva feeds on Prunus amygdalus, P. persica, P. insitia, P. longpipes, Pyrus communis, Malus domesticus and Crataegus oxyacantha.


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