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Old World Swallowtail/Lastovičar

Papilio machaon

Description:

Big (6-10cm) cream-coloured butterfly with black patterns and differently shaped hindwing-very dark blue spots.

Habitat:

Meadow.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago
Old World Swallowtail
Papilio machaon Papilio machaon


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2 Comments

Ursula
Ursula 10 years ago

thx Faredin! I was quite lucky to spot it-was actually running across the field after p. brassicae, and then by accident this one flew across and made my day, so I forgot I missed some other beautiful ones :)

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Nice one Ursula!

Ursula
Spotted by
Ursula

Domžale, Zahodna Slovenija, Slovenia

Spotted on Sep 26, 2013
Submitted on Sep 27, 2013

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