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Iberian Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides feisthamelii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 4, February 12, March 154, April 610, May 543, June 566, July 863, August 813, September 195, October 91, November 22, December 4.
Spain3,877
Portugal1,881
Cataluña/Catalunya1,154
LISBOA510
Andalucía490
Comunidad de Madrid478
Galicia405
Castilla y León327
Aragón296
France235

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySwallowtails and Parnassians · Papilionidae
GenusScarce Swallowtails · Iphiclides

Sources

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