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Scarce Swallowtail Butterfly

Iphiclides podalirius

Photo by Janice Parr
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Description:

I am not sure which subspecies of Swallow Tail this one belongs too? It had obviously been in the wars as part of its lovely tail was missing. We get quite a lot of these in our garden, but they don't normally rest for long but this one did, possibly because of its tail.

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Scarce Swallowtail

Species ID Suggestions

Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius

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Eric Noora
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Comments (4)
Eric Noora
Glad to help Janice. Oh you might want to reconsider your tag for the scientific name :-)
Janice Parr
Thank you Eric, I could remember seeing something about this variety but could not remember the name.

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