Papilionidae Parnassiinae Luehdorfiini Zerynthia (Allancastria) cretica Zerynthia (Zerynthia) polyxena
Zerynthia (Zerynthia) cassandra (Geyer, [1828])
Italian Festoon

Genus: Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816   Subgenus: Zerynthia Ochsenheimer, 1816   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, April 18, 2007
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, April 18, 2007
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, April 8, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, April 8, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, April 8, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, May 4, 2003
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Bosco di Foglino (Roma), Italy, April 1992
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Monte Sirente (L'Aquila), Italy, April 13, 2002
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Monte Sirente (L'Aquila), Italy, April 13, 2002
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Andrea Baruzzi)
Adult, Scolo Rivalone, Marina Romea (Ravenna), Italy, April 15, 2003
(Photo by Andrea Baruzzi)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Bosco di Foglino (Roma), Italy, May 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Bosco di Foglino (Roma), Italy, May 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupa, Bosco di Foglino (Roma), Italy, June 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Eggs, Ovindoli (L'Aquila), Italy, May 2000
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Z. (Zerynthia) cassandra (© Paolo Mazzei)
Eggs, Ovindoli (L'Aquila), Italy, May 2000
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Distribution:
Italy South of the Po River, Elba, Sicily

Foodplants:
Aristolochia

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