Schmuebelschwanz - Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Summary 5

Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species is the 'original', first to go by the name). It is the type species of the genus Papilio.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Uoaei1, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio_machaon_Mitterbach_02.jpg
  2. (c) Yvan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/29219686@N07/3333955226/
  3. (c) ROQUE141, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/roque141/5193557672/
  4. (c) Thomas Bresson, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ComputerHotline_-_Machaons_(by).jpg
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/613477

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