Swallowtail butterfly
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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
Papilio machaon Mitterbach 01
Short-horned baronia (Baronia brevicornis)
Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo), tribe Parnassiini
False Apollo (Archon apollinus), tribe Luehdorfiini
Taira clan
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The Taira was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period of Japanese history, the others being the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Tachibana. The cla
Swallowtail butterfly
…Machaon, one of the sons of Asclepius, mentioned in the Iliad. Further, the species Papilio homerus is named after the Greek poet, Homer. The Mon of the Taira clan of Japan is an Agehachō (swallowtail butterfly). The genera of extant swallowtails are usually classified into three subfamilies, Baroniinae, Parnassiinae…
Yoshitsune and Benkei defending themselves in their boat during a storm created by the ghosts of conquered Taira warriors (by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)