Papilionidae Papilioninae Papilionini Iphiclides podalirius Papilio hospiton
Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800
Southern Swallowtail

Genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

P. alexanor (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Liguria, Italy, July 1995
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. alexanor (© Helmut Presser)
Adult
(Photo by Helmut Presser)
P. alexanor (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Achaia, Peleponessos, Greece, June 12, 2005
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
P. alexanor (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Liguria, Italy, July 1995
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. alexanor (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Zagori, Greece, June 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. alexanor (© Benoit Martha)
Larva, Mystra, Greece, June 2003
(Photo by Benoit Martha, Arthropa Website)
P. alexanor (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (penultimate instar), Zagori, Greece, June 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. alexanor (© Bernard Fransen)
Larva (penultimate instar), Achaia, Peleponessos, Greece, July 11, 2005
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
P. alexanor (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupa, Zagori, Greece, July 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. alexanor (© Diego Reggianti)
Egg, Zagori, Greece, June 1996
(Photo by Diego Reggianti)
P. alexanor (© Bernard Fransen)
Egg, Achaia, Peleponessos, Greece, June 12, 2005
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)

Foodplants:
Opopanax chironium, Opopanax hispidus, Seseli montanum, Seseli libanotis, Ptychotis heterophylla, Trinia vulgaris, Pimpinella saxifraga, Falcaria vulgaris, Torilis heterophylla, Ferula communis, Ferula karategina, Ferula ugamica, Carum carvi

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