Papilio machaon
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Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail. It is the type species of
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Old World swallowtail underside Italy
Trailing edges of the hindwings resemble the tails of swallows
P. m. britannicus
Papilio
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Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is Latin for butterfly.
Papilio machaon
…swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, but this species was the first to be given the name). It is the type species of the genus Papilio. This widespread species is found in much of the Palearctic and in North America. This species is named after Machaon (Ancient Greek: Μαχάων, romanized…
Schwalbenschwanz papilio machaon
Lime butterfly in Behbahan
Broad green-banded swallowtail (Papilio chrapkowskii), Kenya