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Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Description:

First one I've seen this year and it posed well. Appears to be in pristine condition.

Habitat:

Coastal marshes.

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7 Comments

Thank you Mona & venus

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

beautiful Malcolm..

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

@malcolm, great spotting, thanx for sharing, and i believe the scientific name for this beauty is papilio machaon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_mac...

Thank you António, Fyn & Marta.

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Beautiful spotting, Malcom!

Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 10 years ago

Sweet butterfly!

Wow Malcolm,awesome series,perfect photos and collours to,congrats and thanks for sharing,very nice spotting

Sagunto/Sagunt, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Mar 11, 2014
Submitted on Mar 13, 2014

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