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Southern Festoon-Papilionidae

Zerynthia polyxena

Photo by IvanPancic
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45.3801, 20.3934

Field Notes

Description:

The nettle plant

Habitat:

Near the river,name is Begej in Vojvodina

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (14)
surekha
Absolutely beautiful spotting!
FaredinAliyevski
'Southern Festoon' , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerynthia_polyxena
IvanPancic
Zdravo dotun, ovog leptira ima puno kod mene u prirodi,a ja sam uspeo da snimim njena jaja,gusenicu,lutku i leptira.Jako lep leptir i voli da "pozira'.Pozdrav Ivan
dotun55
Incredible papilionid! I so wish there some function greater than 'Favorite' right now. Like em... kiss :)
RickLampman
TOTALLY AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Congrats Great Find :)
Carol Snow Milne
Absolutely incredible and so amazing! I haven't seen photos of this butterfly before. WOW!
The MnMs
This species I had never seen before! very nice spotting!

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PublishedAugust 25, 2013

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