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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Iphiclides |
| Species: | I. feisthamelii
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| Iphiclides feisthamelii (Duponchel, 1832)
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Description
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Male side
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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
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Iphiclides feisthamelii on Guy Padfield's Butterfly Page
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