Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇬🇧 Scarce Swallowtail
🇫🇷 Flambé

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Leptocircini
Genus: Iphiclides
Species: Iphiclides podalirius

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/iphiclides-podalirius-3.webp — Iphiclides podalirius

img/iphiclides-podalirius-5.webp — Iphiclides podalirius

img/iphiclides-podalirius.webp — Iphiclides podalirius foraging on a flower of Lavandula sp.

img/iphiclides-podalirius-2.webp — Iphiclides podalirius foraging on a flower of Origanum vulgare

img/iphiclides-podalirius-4.webp — Iphiclides podalirius foraging on a flower of Cirsium sp.

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Iphiclides podalirius (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174405/7066031