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 the genus Papilio. This widespread species is found in much of the Palearctic and in North America.
Image: Papilio Machaon 2016 001
Image: Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon gorganus) underside Hungary
Trailing edges of the hindwings resemble the tails of swallows
P. m. britannicus
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera.
Swallowtail butterfly
Short-horned baronia (Baronia brevicornis)
Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo), tribe Parnassiini
False Apollo (Archon apollinus), tribe Luehdorfiini