Iberian Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides feisthamelii · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Papilionidae

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Iberian Scarce Swallowtail
Photo: João Valença, CC BY-SA

Iberian scarce swallowtail is a butterfly also called southern scarce swallowtail or southern swallowtail. Its caterpillars feed on several fruit trees such as almond, peach, plum, pear, apple and hawthorn.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of I. podalirius.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

The larvae eat the leaves of almond, peach, plum, pear, apple and hawthorn.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Iberian Scarce Swallowtail photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0
Iberian Scarce Swallowtail photo 4
Photo: Mourad Harzallah, CC BY
Iberian Scarce Swallowtail photo 5
Photo: F. Bemmerlein-Lux, CC BY
Iberian Scarce Swallowtail photo 6
Photo: Viktor, CC BY

Same family (Papilionidae)

Eastern Tiger SwallowtailEastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucusBlack SwallowtailBlack SwallowtailPapilio polyxenesPipevine SwallowtailPipevine SwallowtailBattus philenorOld World SwallowtailOld World SwallowtailPapilio machaonSpicebush SwallowtailSpicebush SwallowtailPapilio troilusEastern Giant SwallowtailEastern Giant SwallowtailHeraclides cresphontesDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphiclides_feisthamelii

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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